Matthew Bryza, the former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan and former co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, expects a breakthrough in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, he said at a special meeting marking the 20th anniversary of diplomatic ties with Azerbaijan.
The US diplomat said that he misses Azerbaijan and is glad to visit it again and spend the Easter vacation there. He noted that President Barack Obama will appoint the new ambassador.
Obama appointed US Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza as the Ambassador to Azerbaijan on December 29th 2010, bypassing the Senate’s disapproval of the diplomat under pressure from Senators Barbara Boxer and Robert Menendez.
The Senate refused to approve Bryza in late December, so the official concluded his mission in Azerbaijan and returned home. Bryza is currently the Director of the International Center for Defense Studies of Estonia.
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