Senate Foreign Relations Committee will consider the nomination of Matthew Bryza to the post of Ambassador to Azerbaijan in September. At Tuesday's Senate Foreign Relations Committee business meeting, Sen. John Kerry, D-MA, tabled the nomination of Matthew Bryza to be the next ambassador to Azerbaijan, deferring to a request for a delay from Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-CA, Foreign Policy magazine reported. Bryza nomination could come up again during the next meeting in September.
But the committee did approve, with one unanimous voice vote, the nominations of 32 other would-be ambassadors and officials, sending them on to the full Senate. Among the notable names are Jim Jeffrey to be envoy to Iraq, Frank Ricciardone to be ambassador to Turkey, current U.N. deputy representative Alejandro D. Wolff to be ambassador to Chile, Holbrooke deputy Paul Jones to be ambassador to Malaysia, and deputy assistant secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Scot Marcial to be the next envoy to Indonesia.
Senator Richard Lugar: Matthew Bryza is a high class diplomat
Matthew Bryza is a diplomat of high quality, said Senator Richard Lugar to journalists Tuesday after a business meeting between the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of U.S. Senate and candidates nominated for U.S. ambassador to various countries.
"Matthew Bryza is a diplomat of high class, in which I hope very much" said deputy chairman of Commitee Lugar.
At Tuesday's Senate Foreign Relations Committee business meeting, Sen. John Kerry, D-MA, tabled the nomination of Bryza to be the next ambassador to Azerbaijan, deferring to a request for a delay from Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-CA, Foreign Policy magazine reported.
"I suppose that the State Department, together with Senator Boxer will consider the rebuttal and elimination of her concerns," said Lugar.
Regarding the concerns over a year-long vacancy for the position of U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan and its possible impact on the Azerbaijani-U.S. relations, Lugar said that such situation inevitably impacts bilateral relations and noted his constant efforts taken to change this situation.
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