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EMBASSY: WHITE HOUSE AND U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT DO NOT OBSTACLE MATTHEW BRYZA'S APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR
http://www.today.az/news/politics/74298.html
30 September 2010
The White House and U.S. State Department do not obstacle the
appointment of Matthew Bryza as Ambassador to Azerbaijan, U.S. Embassy
Spokesman Terry Davidson told journalists today.
"The issue of Bryza's appointment [as the U.S. ambassador to
Azerbaijan] is under consideration of the Senate, and all that we
can do is to wait," Davidson said.
He said this issue is in the competence of the Senate - an independent
agency of the U.S. government. "There is not other way of appointing
ambassador to Azerbaijan," Davidson said.
Davidson is sure that the last meeting between Presidents Ilham Aliyev
of Azerbaijan and Barack Obama of the U.S., as well as the senior U.S.
officials' recent visits to Baku, is evidence to that the relations
between the two countries develop in a positive trend.
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the nomination
of the Ex-co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Former Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Matthew Bryza,
as the U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan on Sept.22.
Senators on the committee voted 17-to-2. Bryza's appointment now must
be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. President Barack Obama nominated
Bryza as the next U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan in May.
In 2005 Bryza was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
European and Eurasian Affairs. In this capacity he was responsible
for relations with South Caucasus and Southern Europe, led the U.S.
efforts to resolve conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and South
Osetia, coordinated U.S. energy policy in the Black Sea and Caspian
Sea regions.
In 2006-2009, Matthew Bryza served as U.S. co-chair of OSCE Minsk
Group on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The post of U.S. Ambassador in
Baku has been vacant since the previous ambassador, Ann Derse, left
it in connection with the completion of a term, in July 2009.
From: A. Papazian
http://www.today.az/news/politics/74298.html
30 September 2010
The White House and U.S. State Department do not obstacle the
appointment of Matthew Bryza as Ambassador to Azerbaijan, U.S. Embassy
Spokesman Terry Davidson told journalists today.
"The issue of Bryza's appointment [as the U.S. ambassador to
Azerbaijan] is under consideration of the Senate, and all that we
can do is to wait," Davidson said.
He said this issue is in the competence of the Senate - an independent
agency of the U.S. government. "There is not other way of appointing
ambassador to Azerbaijan," Davidson said.
Davidson is sure that the last meeting between Presidents Ilham Aliyev
of Azerbaijan and Barack Obama of the U.S., as well as the senior U.S.
officials' recent visits to Baku, is evidence to that the relations
between the two countries develop in a positive trend.
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the nomination
of the Ex-co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Former Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Matthew Bryza,
as the U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan on Sept.22.
Senators on the committee voted 17-to-2. Bryza's appointment now must
be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. President Barack Obama nominated
Bryza as the next U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan in May.
In 2005 Bryza was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
European and Eurasian Affairs. In this capacity he was responsible
for relations with South Caucasus and Southern Europe, led the U.S.
efforts to resolve conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and South
Osetia, coordinated U.S. energy policy in the Black Sea and Caspian
Sea regions.
In 2006-2009, Matthew Bryza served as U.S. co-chair of OSCE Minsk
Group on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The post of U.S. Ambassador in
Baku has been vacant since the previous ambassador, Ann Derse, left
it in connection with the completion of a term, in July 2009.
From: A. Papazian