Peter Mandason is confirmed as UK Ambassador in the United States after the signing of Washington

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Many people familiar with this issue said that Lord Peter Mandleson is to be confirmed as British ambassador to Washington.

They said that the United States had in principle to appoint a workshop, which is a major condition for him to hold this position.

MandasonPeople added that the former government minister is expected to travel to Washington to take up this position early next month.

In recent days, “agriculture” has received from the United States government to work as the chief representative in the United Kingdom, which means that it is unlikely to be banned by the Donald Trump administration even though the diplomatic process is still continuing.

Good relations between the two countries are decisive at a time when Trump threatened to impose a tariff on global imports, and has publicly criticized Europe, especially in defensive spending. The president recently praised Sir Care StarmerHe said that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom did “a very good job so far.”

The diplomatic process was accelerated to allow Mandson to start quickly at the beginning of the new Trump administration, which exceeded the usual timetable for approvals.

A modern precedent went in the other direction. The UK government has accelerated its approval of Jin Hartley – Joe Biden’s choice for the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom – in the summer of 2022 to allow her to attend the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Downing Street refused to comment.

Starmer’s choice of Mandalson as a controversial ambassador was not controversial in the Trump circle and the broader Republican Party, partly due to his previous commercial links in China.

Chris Laccoita, the Campaign Campaign, former Cabinet, described the former “absolute” disobedient “, and wonders about the reason that the UK government installed him to replace” globally professional Ombo “, referring to the UK representative issued Demer Karen Pierce.

It was described as “Trump Hamsa” of the close bridges he built with his team, which helped facilitate a phone call between the President and Sarmer last July after an assassination attempt for Trump, in addition to a trip by Amin at that time. Minister Lord David Cameron to Mar Lago last April.

Mandson will continue to hold shares in the pressure company that he participated in establishing and holds his new position the UK Ambassador to Washington, despite the company’s work for Chinese clients such as Tijook, The Financial Times open Earlier this month.

He is expected to sell his share in Global Counsel over time, but he has not set a final date to completely get rid.

Many US Senate members are not satisfied with the appointment of Mandson on Tuesday a document to the FBI to detail his prayers with China, according to the Nightly Nightly Nightly Nightly.

The document, which FT saw, was a set of open source information that was withdrawn from the Chinese Internet and was placed by the alliance between Parliament in China, a group of international lawmakers who care about Beijing.

Mandelson will have an important role in trying to protect the United Kingdom from US tariffs, as well as deal with possible issues such as the proposed deal in the future Shaghus IslandsWhich is home to a joint military base between the United Kingdom and the United States.

In the first phone call on Monday night, UK Foreign Minister David Lami and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the proposed deal between Britain and Mauritius on the archipelago Foreign Affairs, people are aware of the conversation.

While Rubio was criticizing the deal in the past, the United Kingdom and American governments have stressed the importance of protecting the military base on Diego Garcia in the long term.