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Analysis | 29.07.10 | 12:07

Analysis: Bryza as Ambassador to Azerbaijan bodes ill for NKR self-determination

By Aris Ghazinyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
The prospect of former OSCE Minsk Group mediator on the Karabakh issue settlement Matthew Bryza’s possible appointment as the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan has become one of the most discussed subjects in Armenia.

The main issue in this connection is: how can Ambassador Bryza impact the negotiation process considering his close relations with Turkey’s and Azerbaijan’s political circles and his kindred relations with a famous Turkish family?

The recent hearings at the US Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs during which Bryza, as the nominee for US Ambassador in Azerbaijan, was asked impartial questions related to his partial position on the Karabakh issue settlement, have made this issue more urgent.

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Berge Jololian (unverified)
29.07.2010 13:47
Byrza and the entire lot at the failed-US-State Department can go to hell.
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Antranig Pasha (unverified)
29.07.2010 11:39
The Diaspora is a few years too late and a few barahantes's too slow in regards to NKR. We should have fought for its International Recognition in the 1990's, but instead we obsessed with anti-turkish genocide recognition. The diaspora has an identity crisis. We should have never let this Bryza get to this point. We need to let Yerevan fight for itself and represent Artsakh. Yerevan is under Russian "influence". Our only hope is to sweep Artsakh away from teh "karabagh mafia" (yerevan authorities). The ARF shouldn't need to be guided in this direction, but who knows what form of 'benefits' it has experienced in its co-existence with the coalition (while, pretending to teh diaspora, it is the opposition) Sometimes I have to force myself to think in comedic terms when it comes to Armenian current events... Yerevan is like Raymond (everybody loves raymond)...thinks it knows it all and in an abusive relationship, and the diaspora is like the big goofy brother, well intentioned but often misquided.
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