BRIDES SPEAKING FRENCH AND RUSSIAN NEEDED
Hakob Badalyan

Lragir, Armenia
Aug 27 2007

Matthew Bryza certainly did not do the right thing but we have to
admit that his marriage with the Turkish lady is the consequence of
the shortcoming of the Armenian diplomacy. Instead of taking the
80-year-old Greek president to cafes in Yerevan they should have
taken young and then single Matt to the cafes around the Opera when
he came to Armenia on the occasion of the settlement of the Karabakh
issue. One of the Armenian ladies spending their leisure there would
certainly have fascinated the American co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group
with all the stemming pro-Armenian political results. The Armenian
diplomacy failed to do this, it means they have no right to voice
concern and disappointment regarding the consequences of the marriage
of Bryza and Zeyno Baran, even if the concerns are righteous. In fact,
it is possible that Bryza’s wife will influence him who will start
displaying a pro-Turkish, which is the same as a pro-Azerbaijani
stance. In that case, nobody will have the right to blame him for
fulfilling the wish of his wife and not the Armenian side. After all,
if Bryza refuses to fulfill his wife’s wish to fulfill our wish,
the wife but will not fulfill her husbands wishes.

So, the unbiased mediation may threaten Matthew Bryza’s happiness.

So, for the sake of peace in the family of Bryza and Baran the
U.S. government should replace its co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group
Matthew Bryza by another diplomat.

However, the Armenian side cannot rely on the good sense of the
U.S. government only. After all, the Americans may replace Bryza
but then bring him back to the OSCE Minsk Group. For there is a
precedent when the Armenian side had the U.S. Department of State
delete the part of the report on the occupation of Karabakh but then
returned it to its place. Therefore, we need to take steps in order
to preserve the favorable mode of the talks. Never mind that we did
not think in time of marrying the single American diplomat. All the
countries make mistakes. It is only necessary to learn from mistakes,
at least not to repeat them and not to make other mistakes. So we must
do the right thing now. The OSCE Minsk Group has two other co-chairs,
Bernard Fassier, Frenchman, and Yuri Merzlyakov from Russia. They
are married, of course. But it would be inappropriate to consider
their divorcing. We must now have Sarcosi and Putin replace their
co-chairs with young and why not elderly single diplomats. Since
France and Russia are Armenia’s friends, they must acknowledge
the subtlety of the situation. If they do what they are expected
to do, we will guarantee real Armenian brides for the new French
and Russian co-chairs. It is also possible to encourage Putin and
Sarcosi by promising them the right of the first night. But this is
too much because the problem is not personal, the problem is to have
an unbiased international community in the settlement of the Karabakh
issue, in case the Americans decide not to replace Matthew Bryza.