U.S. embassy comments on Tina Kaidanow's appointment (UPDATE)

15:22

Reports about Tina Kaidanow’s appointment as OSCE Minsk Group U.S. co-chair are not true, U.S. embassy in Baku said. 

The reports claiming that Kaidanow will replace U.S. co-chair Matthew Bryza were spread by Radio Liberty's Azerbaijan service.

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09:56

OSCE Minsk Group U.S. co-chair Matthew Bryza will be replaced by a career diplomat.

Radio Liberty's Azerbaijan service reported that Matthew Bryza stated in Tbilisi he soon will be replaced by Tina Kaidanow as OSCE Minsk Group U.S. co-chair.

Mrs. Kaidanow was appointed U.S. ambassador to Kosovo in 2008. The U.S. is one of the first countries to recognize independence of Kosovo proclaimed in February 2008.

Formerly Mrs. Kaidanow served as U.S. special envoy to Pristina (the capital of Kosovo - auth.). In turn, she arrived in Kosovo from Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) where she worked as U.S. special mission deputy head for three years. Kaidanow was actively involved with the U.S. policy in the Balkans.

Mrs. Kaidanow will be the first woman to serve as OSCE Minsk Group co-chair.