Azerbaijan, Baku / Тrend corr I. Alizadeh / Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) demands clarification of the statement on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict made by the US Co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State on Europe and Asia, Mathew Bryza, in his interview with Russian Vrema Novostey (News Time) newspaper. The Chairman of the KLO, Akif Nagi, sent a letter to the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Anne Derse, on 7 August requiring clarification of Bryza's statement.
The letter notes that that some points in the interview opposed Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, what caused public discontent.
"Bryza openly advocates the self-proclaimed regime in Nagorno-Karabakh. He justifies Armenians' separatist actions and tries to represent their terrorist and crime deeds as struggle against colonialism. USA's diplomat tries to smother Armenia's aggressive actions, tries to hush up occupation of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia and even speaks on the prospects of independence of the self-proclaimed regime in Nagorno-Karabakh," the letter says.
KLO believes that if the statements really were made by Bryza, the Government of the United States should undertake urgent measures and to withdraw him from the position of the OSCE Minsk Groups Co-chairman. "Otherwise, we will take Bryza's words as USA's official position. We also will use our opportunities to stop USA's activities in the OSCE Minsk Group and will not allow Bryza to visit Azerbaijan," the letter says.