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OFFICIAL BAKU REFUSES ACTUALLY TO SUPPORT M. BRAYZA AS CANDIDATE FOR U.S. AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN
Azerbaijan Business Center
Aug 23 2010
Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Official Baku has actually refused to back
Matthew Brayza's candidate, appointment of whom as U.S. Ambassador
to Azerbaijan has faced opposition in the American Senate.
According to head of external relations department of Azerbaijan
Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov, the candidate of
American Ambassador has no principal significance as far as normal
relations between two countries will be continued irrespectively who
will be appointed head of the American diplomatic representatives
in Azerbaijan.
"Refusal of the USA to appoint M. Brayza Ambassador to Azerbaijan,
certainly, it will not do grace to the Presidential administration,
President, U.S. Secretary of State. So it turns out that the Armenian
lobby and diaspora able to appoint U.S. ambassadors to certain
countries," N. Mammadov said, having underlined that M. Brayza is a
promoted worker of President and U.S. State Secretary, and their image
will suffer if this candidate be blocked by pro-Armenian senators.
The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations put off
voting for candidates of ambassadors to Azerbaijan and Turkey for
September-October, 2010. At that, senators from the Democratic party,
which considered M. Brayza's explanations insufficient concerning his
excessive personal economic relations with the Azerbaijani government,
came out against M. Brayza. Senators asked the administration to tackle
more in detail with the issue. Candidate for Ambassador to Turkey was
blocked by senators from the Republican Party, which blame him for
insufficient support of democracy and freedom within the framework
of past diplomatic activity. At that, it was declared that relations
between the USA and Turkey are not at that level so that to be under
"local tyrants'" thumb in Turkey.
Nevertheless, position of U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan remains vacant
already more than a year that in itself generates questions not so
much concerning relations between the countries as management policy
and abilities of Barack Obama's administration.
From: A. Papazian
Azerbaijan Business Center
Aug 23 2010
Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Official Baku has actually refused to back
Matthew Brayza's candidate, appointment of whom as U.S. Ambassador
to Azerbaijan has faced opposition in the American Senate.
According to head of external relations department of Azerbaijan
Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov, the candidate of
American Ambassador has no principal significance as far as normal
relations between two countries will be continued irrespectively who
will be appointed head of the American diplomatic representatives
in Azerbaijan.
"Refusal of the USA to appoint M. Brayza Ambassador to Azerbaijan,
certainly, it will not do grace to the Presidential administration,
President, U.S. Secretary of State. So it turns out that the Armenian
lobby and diaspora able to appoint U.S. ambassadors to certain
countries," N. Mammadov said, having underlined that M. Brayza is a
promoted worker of President and U.S. State Secretary, and their image
will suffer if this candidate be blocked by pro-Armenian senators.
The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations put off
voting for candidates of ambassadors to Azerbaijan and Turkey for
September-October, 2010. At that, senators from the Democratic party,
which considered M. Brayza's explanations insufficient concerning his
excessive personal economic relations with the Azerbaijani government,
came out against M. Brayza. Senators asked the administration to tackle
more in detail with the issue. Candidate for Ambassador to Turkey was
blocked by senators from the Republican Party, which blame him for
insufficient support of democracy and freedom within the framework
of past diplomatic activity. At that, it was declared that relations
between the USA and Turkey are not at that level so that to be under
"local tyrants'" thumb in Turkey.
Nevertheless, position of U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan remains vacant
already more than a year that in itself generates questions not so
much concerning relations between the countries as management policy
and abilities of Barack Obama's administration.
From: A. Papazian