"“You shouldn't trust the international community”: Matthew Bryza to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Karabakh
Matthew Bryza’s speech and Q&A
It is a great opportunity during our friendship and a chance to see all of you. Be in such a wonderful group of students, reminds me that time is passing – and it’s passing for me. This is last days in my capacity as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia which gives me oversight for U.S. policy for all the South Caucasus, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, and Europe. I will still take a little while as a Minsk Group Co-Chair, but today this is my last day as Deputy Assistant Secretary. I will talk a little bit too about our full set of relations with the countries of the Caucasus, all our interests in Armenia and then the focus will be on Nagorno Karabakh. And I promise not to take too long as I am here also for your questions. And I will just say I am so grateful to all the people here in Armenia who have always been so warm to me – whether it’s in the government or people on the streets, or restaurants, taxi drivers, barbers. I have had nothing but warmest feelings conveyed to me by everyone I met in Armenia. I don’t know if everybody agrees with what I say. There is a lot of suspicion about what the Co-Chairs have tried never happened but frankly speaking Armenian people are so precious and warm that you only maybe feel like the most loved of them guests every second I’ve been here, and I’ve spent many seconds here, many minutes, many hours, many days, many months. And I have always been grateful to you for that. So, thank you."
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