Matthew Bryza hopes to remain on his post

Usually the change of administration in Washington means the change of the leadership of State Department, including the State Secretary and his entourage. The talk is about the replacement of political diplomats, carrying out foreign policy, but as a rule, it does not touch career diplomats, Turan was told in the exclusive interview by the Assistant of the U.S. State Secretary Matthew Bryza responding the question if he will continue the work on settlement the Karabakh conflict in the new U.S. administration.

"I am a career diplomat, and I hope to remain on my post, I would like to bring to end, and to see the signing of the peace agreement," Bryza said. He admitted that the question on his staying on the post of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair will be solved by the new leadership of State Department, and situation will be clarified in the end of January. Concerning the talks on settlement of Karabakh conflict, Bryza noted positive mood of the countries.

"I do not think that president Aliyev wants war," Bryza said commenting on complaints of Armenian President that Moscow Declaration does not rule out use of the force for the solution to the conflict. He considers there is a good dialogue between the presidents of the two states, and they trust each other. Bryza said that relations between Aliyev and Sarkisian are better, than the relations between Aliyev and Kocharian, and it is evident. Concerning the often and mutually exclusive interpretation of his statements by Armenian and Azerbaijani journalists, Bryza said that he always tries to be as honest as possible. The principles of settlement, which are being discussed at present, are the combination of territorial integrity and self-determination, and the sides should decide themselves how to solve it, Bryza said. "It is a pity that sometimes journalists try to use what meets their expectations and interests. The truth is that when you see one thing, you should not close your eyes to another thing. Journalists must be professionals and must understand it. The information should be built on the understating of the question's essence, instead of making it of phrases, which you like more," Bryza said.

/ArmInfo/