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30 September 2010 [12:37] - Today.Az
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.
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