MIKHAIL ALEXANDROV: REPLACEMENT OF MATTHEW BRYZA, IS A SIGNAL TO AZERBAIJAN

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
12.08.2009 17:41 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Replacement of Matthew Bryza, Deputy Assistant to
the Secretary of State by the former U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo Tina
S. Kaidanow is a quite interesting signal for Azerbaijan", Mikhail
Alexandrov , head of Caucasus Department of the CIS Institute told
a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

According to him, the fact of Tina Kaidanow’s appointment, who authored
Kosovo’s plan of independence, testifies to the decision of the United
States to finally assign an experienced professional familiar with
a problem, similar to Karabakh issue.

"Matthew Bryza hasn’t acquired a good reputation," the Russian expert
said, noting that Mr. Bryza often created nervous atmosphere during
talks.

According to Mr. Alexandrov, if Tina S. Kaidanow would be appointed as
co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group, it would not affect the settlement of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict much. "The resolution of the Karabakh
conflict depends on the people of Nagorno Karabakh first of all and
on the support of Armenia and Russia", Mikhail Alexandrov said.

OSCE Minsk Group co-chair Matthew Bryza declared on August 10 in
Tbilisi, that U.S. diplomat Tina Kaidanow, will assume the office of
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs,
replacing him.

Successor of Mattew Bryza, Tina Kaidanow has worked for
U.S. diplomatic mission in Kosovo for two years, then she assumed
the office of the US ambassador in Kosovo. Earlier she worked
as Deputy Chief of U.S. mission in Sarajevo for three years.