Complex sentence: In 1999 he was transferred to New York, USA, as Chief Press Officer for the Permanent Mission of Italy to the UN and was later promoted to Embassy Counsellor and then to First Counsellor (2001).
Split into simpler sentences: In 1999 he was transferred to New York, USA, as Chief Press Officer for the Permanent Mission of Italy to the UN. He is later promoted to Embassy Counsellor and then to First Counsellor (2001).