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Turkish petrol company to appoint Bryza on its board of directors
tert.am
10:11 - 12.06.12
Turkey's Turcas Petrol Company has announced that it has appointed the
former US Ambassador to Baku on its board of directors.
Turcas Petrol is an oil company affiliated with Azerbaijan's state oil
company, SOCAR.
Even before becoming ambassador, as a result of President Obama's
recess appointment, which went counter to serious objection by Senate
leaders and his own constituents, the alarm was raised about Bryza's
entrenched interests in Azerbaijan, Asbarez.com reported.
`It's regrettable that Mr Bryza was allowed, for so long, to use his
senior US government postings as a platform to advance his agenda as
an apologist for Ankara and Baku,' said Aram Hamparian, Executive
Director of the ANCA.
Bryza's new position has also angered Azerbaijan's opposition.
`We are absolutely incensed by Matthew Bryza's appointment,' Murad
Gassanly, an Azeri opposition activist based in London told The
Huffington Post late last week.
The opposition contends that the US and the West are only interested
in Azerbaijan's oil and their often soft admonition of Azerbaijan on
its abysmal human right record is merely a show.
`This shows that U.S.-Azerbaijan relations can only be described as
oil-soaked,' Gassanly was quoted as saying. `Forget human rights and
democracy.'
tert.am
10:11 - 12.06.12
Turkey's Turcas Petrol Company has announced that it has appointed the
former US Ambassador to Baku on its board of directors.
Turcas Petrol is an oil company affiliated with Azerbaijan's state oil
company, SOCAR.
Even before becoming ambassador, as a result of President Obama's
recess appointment, which went counter to serious objection by Senate
leaders and his own constituents, the alarm was raised about Bryza's
entrenched interests in Azerbaijan, Asbarez.com reported.
`It's regrettable that Mr Bryza was allowed, for so long, to use his
senior US government postings as a platform to advance his agenda as
an apologist for Ankara and Baku,' said Aram Hamparian, Executive
Director of the ANCA.
Bryza's new position has also angered Azerbaijan's opposition.
`We are absolutely incensed by Matthew Bryza's appointment,' Murad
Gassanly, an Azeri opposition activist based in London told The
Huffington Post late last week.
The opposition contends that the US and the West are only interested
in Azerbaijan's oil and their often soft admonition of Azerbaijan on
its abysmal human right record is merely a show.
`This shows that U.S.-Azerbaijan relations can only be described as
oil-soaked,' Gassanly was quoted as saying. `Forget human rights and
democracy.'