U.S. Envoy Awarded for Efforts in Peaceful Power Transition in Georgia

The U.S. Department of State has announced the selection of the U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Richard M. Miles as the recipient of the 2004 Robert C. Frasure Award, which, as the U.S. Embassy?s press release reads, ?honors an individual who best exemplifies a commitment to conflict prevention and resolution.?

?Ambassador Miles was selected for this award due to his unwavering commitment to diplomacy during the tumultuous period of democratic transition in Georgia. His unrelenting efforts to mediate disagreements and create alternative channels to violent confrontation gave critical support to Georgia?s democratic and peaceful ‘Rose Revolution’,? the press statement reads.

Ambassador Miles, whose term of service in Georgia expires in 2005, served as Ambassador to Azerbaijan from 1992 to 1993, as Chief of Mission to Belgrade from 1996 to 1999, and as Ambassador to Bulgaria from 1999 to 2001.

In the State Department, he also worked in the Offices for Soviet and East European and Yugoslav Affairs as well as in the Politico-Military Bureau.