Today.Az » Politics » Matthew Bryza to be U.S. Co-Chair of OSCE Minsk Group
15 June 2006 [15:51] - Today.Az
Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said on Thursday that Matthew J. Bryza, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs, will co-chair the OSCE Minsk Group that mediates between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno Karabakh.
Bryza will replace Ambassador Steven Mann as the U.S. co-chairman. The Minsk Group is co-chaired by the United States, France, and Russia. Armenian President Robert Kocharian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held their latest round of talks on June 5 in Bucharest, but no progress was reported. Oskanian told RFE/RL that he met on June 13 in Paris with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov to try to narrow differences, but failed to make progress.
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