U.S. President Barack Obama nominated the OSCE MG former U.S. Co-Chair Matthew Bryza as U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Trend agency reports.

Bryza's appointment should be approved by the U.S. Senate.

In 2005, Bryza was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs. He was responsible for relations with South Caucasus and Southern Europe, led the U.S. efforts to resolve the conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia and coordinated U.S. energy policy in the Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions.

In 2006-2009, Bryza served as U.S. Co-Chair of OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

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