One of the major Armenian diaspora organizations in United States, Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) launched a campaign for American Armenians to send letters to Senators calling them to scruntiny US diplomat Matthew Bryza’s nomination as US Ambassador to Azerbaijan.
The Cause of Concern Is Bryza’s Spouse of Turkish Origin Zeyno Baran
In his letter, which he also sent to 19 members of Foreign Affairs Committee of US Senate, ANCA Chairman said, “There is credible cause, in our view, for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to look into how the professional activities of Mr. Bryza’s wife, scholar Zeyno Baran, may have created potential conflict of interest issues with the conduct of his official duties.”
“As is a matter of public record, Ms. Baran has professionally engaged in advocacy regarding the same U.S. policies and practices that Mr. Bryza has had an official role in formulating and implementing. Her employer, the Hudson Institute, again as a matter of public knowledge, receives funding from foreign and corporate interests, including energy firms, that are financially affected by the conduct of the very U.S. diplomacy that Mr. Bryza has overseen, and would certainly play a central role in coordinating if approved as U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan,” claimed Hachikian.
Stressing that next US Ambassador to Azerbaijan will have a vital role in the resettlement of Nagorno-Karabakh problem, Hachikian said that they strongly believe that committee members and US Senate will evaluate the concerns of American-Armenians.
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