Diplomatic Circles

New U.S. ambassador set to arrive in October amid fall diplomatic shuffle

Levon Martirosyan, Armenia's new ambassador, will soon arrive, and five new envoys will present credentials on Aug. 31.

Changing of the guard: Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque, left, Britain's new high commissioner marched in Ottawa's pride parade Aug. 27, while incoming U.S. ambassador to Canada Kelly Knight Craft is set to arrive in October, and Armenia's new ambassador Levon Martirosyan is also slated to arrive soon. Photographs courtesy of the British High Commission, Armenian Embassy, and U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

August 30, 2017

Kelly Knight Craft was sworn in as the first female United States ambassador to Canada on Aug. 18 in a ceremony at the governor of Kentucky’s mansion, though she isn't expected to arrive in Ottawa until October to fill her post, a spokesperson from the embassy said in an emailed ...

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