U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has appointed Ambassador Philip T. Reeker to serve as U.S. OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair and Senior Advisor for Caucasus Negotiations.

Reeker will also be the lead U.S. delegation negotiator to the Geneva International Discussions (GID).

The GID are talks, co-chaired by the OSCE, the EU and the U.N., to address the consequences of the 2008 conflict in Georgia. 

Reeker is a career U.S. diplomat who recently served as U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.