Matthew Bryza Is Sure Azerbaijan Will Not Initiate Any Military Conf

MATTHEW BRYZA IS SURE AZERBAIJAN WILL NOT INITIATE ANY MILITARY CONFRONTATION

12:25 . 08/05

Former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza last week criticized
President Obama’s policy on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict saying the
administration has spent more time on Turkey-Armenia normalization
to the detriment of the Karabakh conflict.

“Washington lost its way in the last couple of years,” said Bryza,
expressing his criticism while speaking last week at the Jamestown
Foundation, tert.am informs.

Bryza said that the Obama administration had spent all its energy on
the normalization of ties between Turkey and Armenia and did not show
any effort for progress in the negotiations on the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. He asserted that normalization between Turkey and Armenia
would not be possible without progress in the Karabakh conflict.

“This [Turkey-Armenia] normalization would be great if it’s
achievable. But it’s not achievable and plus it negatively influences
Nagorno-Karabakh peace process,” he said adding, “No matter how much
we wanted Armenia-Turkey rapprochement, instead we’ve got nothing”.

Bryza took it upon himself to ensure that Azerbaijan would not initiate
any military confrontation. However, if “the ice [over the negotiation
process] does not break,” the possibilities for such a confrontation
would increase.

Bryza also pointed to the lack of trust between Armenia and
Azerbaijan. In his words “that trust isn’t going to come until the
US leads it.”

TO note, he has also taken to the interview circuit, telling primarily
the Turkish media that Turkey-Armenia normalizations should have
been preconditioned on Karabakh peace and blaming the Armenian lobby
in the US-especially the Armenian National Committee of America-for
undermining his nomination and prospects of returning to Baku as the
top US diplomat.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress