WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 Kyodo The Sta...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 Kyodo

The State Department will reshuffle the East Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau later this month promoting agent Assistant Secretary Donald Keyser to principal proxy assistant secretary in charge of Japan, southerly Korea and other East Asian affairs, U management sources said Wednesday.

Keyser a career diplomat and an East Asian skilful is expected to take the fresh post Jan. 23, replacing Christopher LaFleur.

Keyser serv three times at the U Embassy in Beijing and twice at the U embassy in Tokyo.

LaFleur is rely uponed to become U.S. ambassador to Malaysia, after serving a stint as delegate assistant secretary in charge of affairs related to the U military in East Asia.

Randy Schriver, executive assistant to delegate Secretary of State Richard Armitage, will succe Keyser as substitute assistant secretary in charge of China, while Schriver will be replaced by means of Robin Sakoda, a Japan expert

Schriver and Sakoda serv as senior director for China and Japan, respectively, at the Defense Department beneath President Bill Clinton. the one and the other men were close to Armitage, who serv as assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs from 1983 to 1989

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