AMERICAN ARMENIANS COMPLAIN ABOUT BRYZA

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20:40 / 08/21/2009

Armenian Americans community representatives sent a letter to
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, expressing their concern
about OSCE MG CO-Chair Matthew Bryza’s behavior.

Ken Hachikian, the Chairman of Armenian National Committee of America
(ANCA) sent a 4-page letter to Hillary Clinton, presenting Armenian
community’s concern regarding "counter-productive statements by the
U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Matthew Bryza".

According to Hachikian, Bryza has repeatedly made "unfair and
inaccurate" statements. "Today, seven months after the start of the
Obama-Biden Administration, we are seriously concerned that this
Administration has abdicated its responsibilities by effectively
outsourcing our nation’s foreign policy with respect to Armenian
issues to the Republic of Turkey, as every single policy dealing with
Armenia has been made along the lines that Turkey has dictated, rather
than along the sound principles of morality and democracy that you,
President Obama and Vice President Biden unambiguously articulated
during your presidential campaigns last year," the letter reads.

Hachikian also underlined Bryza’s "pro-Azerbaijani bias." "In his
remarks in Tsakhkadzor, Mr. Bryza, once again, made a number of
statements that directly contradict the President’s pledge to work
toward a ‘lasting and durable settlement Nagorno Karabagh conflict
that is agreeable to all parties, and based upon America’s founding
commitment to the principles of democracy and self determination,’
Hachikian said, adding that "In his remarks, Mr. Bryza compounded his
biased defense of these flawed principles by falsely claiming that
the Azerbaijani side has made a ‘concession’ by agreeing to merely
discuss the matter of Nagorno Karabagh’s self-determination."