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FORMER CONGRESSMAN: RECALL OF US AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN "ANOTHER MISSTEP"
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Feb 2 2012
Azerbaijan
The recent recall of the American Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Mathew
Bryza, is just another mis-step in the US relations with "a very
important ally", a former Democrat Representative Michael McMahon
wrote in the Congress blog.
President Barack Obama in late 2010 appointed a career diplomat,
former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza as ambassador to
Azerbaijan bypassing the Senate, which for several months was blocking
his nomination under pressure of pro-Armenian senators Barbara Boxer
and Robert Menendez. In late December, 2011 Bryza ended his mission
in Azerbaijan and left for the U.S, after the Senate failed to confirm
his nomination.
"Azerbaijan is a proven ally, and forging a good relationship with
this emerging power in the South Caucasus is clearly in America's
best interest. There is no room for partisanship when we conduct
our country's foreign policy", McMahon, a former member of the House
Committee of Foreign Affairs stressed.
He pointed out that Azerbaijan has sought to align itself with the
United States since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
The former congressman noted that a resolution of the strife
surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh must be found and the United States must
continue to champion this process within the Minsk Group of the OSCE.
Trend
Feb 2 2012
Azerbaijan
The recent recall of the American Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Mathew
Bryza, is just another mis-step in the US relations with "a very
important ally", a former Democrat Representative Michael McMahon
wrote in the Congress blog.
President Barack Obama in late 2010 appointed a career diplomat,
former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza as ambassador to
Azerbaijan bypassing the Senate, which for several months was blocking
his nomination under pressure of pro-Armenian senators Barbara Boxer
and Robert Menendez. In late December, 2011 Bryza ended his mission
in Azerbaijan and left for the U.S, after the Senate failed to confirm
his nomination.
"Azerbaijan is a proven ally, and forging a good relationship with
this emerging power in the South Caucasus is clearly in America's
best interest. There is no room for partisanship when we conduct
our country's foreign policy", McMahon, a former member of the House
Committee of Foreign Affairs stressed.
He pointed out that Azerbaijan has sought to align itself with the
United States since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
The former congressman noted that a resolution of the strife
surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh must be found and the United States must
continue to champion this process within the Minsk Group of the OSCE.