Embassy Row: Diplomatic discord

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“It would have been better for her to wait for the outcome of negotiations,” he told the Sudan Tribune.

The next day, Susan Page, the new U.S. ambassador to South Sudan, tried to strike a positive tone.

“The country has a lot of potential,” she told the Voice of America.

However, she added, Africa’s newest nation needs to create economic opportunities, guarantee press freedom and fight corruption.

Diplomatic traffic

Foreign visitors in Washington this week include:

• Wednesday

Shalva Natelashvili, leader of the opposition Labor Party in the Republic of Georgia. He addresses the Center for the National Interest about Georgia’s Oct. 1 parliamentary elections.

• Friday

Juan Carlos Varela, vice president of Panama, leads a delegation from his country that includes: Economy Minister Frank de Lima;Guillermo Adames, president of the National Council of Journalism; Guillermo Chapman, chairman of Indesa Holdings Corp.; andGerardo Solis, a magistrate on the Electoral Tribunal. They address the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Inter-American Dialogue.

• Call Embassy Row at 202/636-3297 or e-mail jmorrison@washingtontimes.com. The column is published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

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James Morrison joined the The Washington Times in 1983 as a local reporter covering Alexandria, Va. A year later, he was assigned to open a Times bureau in Canada. From 1987 to 1989, Mr. Morrison was The Washington Times reporter in London, covering Britain, Western Europe and NATO issues. After returning to Washington, he served as an assistant foreign editor ...