TINA KAIDANOW TO REPLACE MATTHEW BRYZA

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17:37 / 08/11/2009

August 11, 2009 Matthew Bryza declared in Tbilisi, that U.S. diplomat
Tina S. Kaidanow, will assume Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
European and Eurasian Affairs post. Under the preliminary data, Matthew
Bryza is appointed to the position of U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan.

Bryza paid his last visit to Georgia August 10 as a of Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State within the framework of his visit to South Caucasus,
where he has recently been a crucial figure of U.S. Secretary State,
Kavkaz Press reports.

Bryza asserted that he is a more frequent guest to Georgia than any
U.S. official. He often was criticized by Georgian opposition for his
support to President Saakashvili, as opposition interprets. "I found
it simply ridiculous to read, to hear some of the things some of my
colleagues in more radical side of Georgia’s opposition were saying
about me supposedly supporting only one person in this country,"
Bryza said at the August 10 press conference.

Referring to the August war Bryza stated: "Those people, who may have
had dark goals to undermine Georgia, failed," and the best way out
for Georgia is to continue economic and democratic reforms, adding:
"life will be normal and fully healthy here once institutions, like
Parliament, play a stronger role; once judicial reform has advanced;
once electoral reforms are in place and once we see stronger and more
independent media."

He underlined that U.S. would support Georgia and the partnership would
become stronger, as "Georgia is on this path of expanding political
and economic freedom through serious reforms.""It needs to be worked
on now to rejuvenate these reforms," Bryza concluded.

Bryza’s successor Tina S. Kaidanow has worked for U.S. diplomatic
mission in Kosovo for two years and as Deputy Chief of U.S. mission
in Sarajevo for three years.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress