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July 31 2010
Bryza to be or not to be U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan?
July 31, 2010 | 10:58
On August 3, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote on
Matthew Bryza's nomination to the post of U.S. Ambassador to
Azerbaijan.
As NEWS.am reported earlier, commenting on Bryza's confirmation
hearing, Armenian National Committee of America Executive Director
Aram Hamparian said, `Matt Bryza's testimony unfortunately raised more
questions than it answered, underscoring our longstanding concern that
he is not the right person to represent the United States in
Azerbaijan.'
`Today's hearing shed long overdue sunshine on a number of serious
shortcomings in Mr. Bryza's diplomatic activities, starting with his
consistent failure to challenge Azerbaijan's belligerence, the
dramatic under-spending of Congressional allocations for
Nagorno-Karabakh, and including, of course, his unwillingness to
forcefully confront Baku's video-taped destruction of the Djulfa
Armenian cemetery. In terms of addressing conflict of interest issues,
his responses also fell short,' reads the statement by ANCA.
From: A. Papazian
July 31 2010
Bryza to be or not to be U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan?
July 31, 2010 | 10:58
On August 3, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote on
Matthew Bryza's nomination to the post of U.S. Ambassador to
Azerbaijan.
As NEWS.am reported earlier, commenting on Bryza's confirmation
hearing, Armenian National Committee of America Executive Director
Aram Hamparian said, `Matt Bryza's testimony unfortunately raised more
questions than it answered, underscoring our longstanding concern that
he is not the right person to represent the United States in
Azerbaijan.'
`Today's hearing shed long overdue sunshine on a number of serious
shortcomings in Mr. Bryza's diplomatic activities, starting with his
consistent failure to challenge Azerbaijan's belligerence, the
dramatic under-spending of Congressional allocations for
Nagorno-Karabakh, and including, of course, his unwillingness to
forcefully confront Baku's video-taped destruction of the Djulfa
Armenian cemetery. In terms of addressing conflict of interest issues,
his responses also fell short,' reads the statement by ANCA.
From: A. Papazian