AMBASSADOR ROBERT BRADTKE APPOINTED AS NEW CO-CHAIRPERSON OF THE OSCE MINSK GROUP
ARMENPRESS
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS: Robert Bradtke has been appointed
a new co-chairperson of the OSCE Minsk Group.
According to the statement spread by the USA Department of State
Bradtke has a 36 year’s diplomatic experience as well as extended
knowledge in the sphere of the European security policy.
By July 2009 he was the Ambassador of USA to Croatia and prior to
that, he served from 2001 to 2004 as Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for European and Eurasian Affairs.
"We have informed the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan of
Ambassador Bradtke’s appointment who looks forward to his first trip
to the region in the coming weeks," the message of the Department of
State says.
"The United States understands the critical importance of achieving
a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. We welcome
recent positive dialogues between President Sargsian of Armenia and
President Aliyev of Azerbaijan," the message says.
R. Bradtke replaces Matthew Bryza, who is considered to assume the
post of the Ambassador of the USA to Azerbaijan.