“Armenian-Americans are organizing for a second time to stop the appointment of career diplomat Matthew Bryza as ambassador to Azerbaijan, where he is serving in a temporary position,” Washington Post reports.

“Armenian-American voters are, once again, disappointed that President Obama, having failed to honor any of his many pledges to Armenian-American voters, is now, over the strong objections of senators from his own party, pressing for Senate confirmation of his controversial and deeply flawed recess appointment of Matt Bryza,” said Aram Hamparian, executive director of the Armenian National Committee of America.

“Hamparian appealed to Mrs. Boxer and Mr. Menendez, who had blocked Mr. Bryza’s confirmation by the Senate, forcing Mr. Obama, to make the recess appointment after Congress adjourned in December,” the source says.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, Matthew Bryza is a career diplomat, former Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group.  In December 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama announced recess appointments, which include Matt Bryza (to Azerbaijan) and Frank Ricciardone (to Turkey). The Armenian lobby in U.S. opposed Bryza’s appointment. Bryza denies the Armenian Genocide perpetrated under Ottoman Empire in the 20th century and has an obvious pro-Azerbaijani stance on the Karabakh conflict settlement. He arrived in Baku on February 6.