David Hale arrives in Islamabad as new US ambassador

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - US Embassy Wednesday announced the arrival of Ambassador David Hale in Islamabad.

The new ambassador will present his credentials to President Mamnoon Hussain at the earliest opportunity.

After presenting his credentials, he will begin working with his Pakistani counterparts and the Pakistani people to strengthen American-Pakistani relations, increase trade between the two countries, enhance security partnership, and advance the broad agenda laid out by President Obama and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif when they met in Washington on October 22.

David Hale is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Career Minister. He served as Ambassador to the Lebanese Republic from 2013 to 2015. Previously, he was the special envoy for Middle East Peace (2011-2013), deputy special envoy for Middle East Peace (2009-11), and American ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (2005-08).

He has also served in Tunisia, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and at the US Mission to the United Nations, and multiple tours in Lebanon and Jordan. In Washington, Hale was deputy assistant secretary of state for Israel, Egypt and the Levant, Director for Israel and Palestinian Affairs and executive assistant to secretary of state Madeleine Albright.