Aram Hamparian: Matt Bryza The Wrong Person To Represent U.S. Intere

ARAM HAMPARIAN: MATT BRYZA THE WRONG PERSON TO REPRESENT U.S. INTERESTS IN AZERBAIJAN

ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 13, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 13, ARMENPRESS: “Matt Bryza’s angry interview
confirms what we have said from the start, which is that he was the
wrong person to represent U.S. interests or advance American values
in Azerbaijan,” said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian.

“While it is very regrettable that Mr. Bryza was allowed to operate
within the U.S. government for so long and with such destructive
impact as an outright apologist for Ankara and Baku, we can, at
least according to recent news accounts, take some comfort that the
American public’s interest in transparency is being better served by
his public admission that he’s now acting openly as an advocate for
foreign interests.”

“His strident attacks on American civil society voices who have
criticized his public record sadly reveal that he’s as intolerant in
dealing with the diversity of American democracy here at home, as he is
uncomfortable in challenging the lack of democracy back in Azerbaijan.”
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Aram Hamparian: Matt Bryza the wrong person to represent U.S.
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10:35, 13 February, 2012

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 13, ARMENPRESS: “Matt Bryza’s angry interview
confirms what we have said from the start, which is that he was the
wrong person to represent U.S. interests or advance American values in
Azerbaijan,” said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian.

“While it is very regrettable that Mr. Bryza was allowed to operate
within the U.S. government for so long and with such destructive
impact as an outright apologist for Ankara and Baku, we can, at least
according to recent news accounts, take some comfort that the American
public’s interest in transparency is being better served by his public
admission that he’s now acting openly as an advocate for foreign
interests.”

“His strident attacks on American civil society voices who have
criticized his public record sadly reveal that he’s as intolerant in
dealing with the diversity of American democracy here at home, as he
is uncomfortable in challenging the lack of democracy back in
Azerbaijan.”

From: A. Papazian