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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
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