YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 13, ARMENPRESS: "Matt Bryza's angry interview confirms what we have said from the start, which is that he was the wrong person to represent U.S. interests or advance American values in Azerbaijan," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian.

"While it is very regrettable that Mr. Bryza was allowed to operate within the U.S. government for so long and with such destructive impact as an outright apologist for Ankara and Baku, we can, at least according to recent news accounts, take some comfort that the American public's interest in transparency is being better served by his public admission that he's now acting openly as an advocate for foreign interests."

"His strident attacks on American civil society voices who have criticized his public record sadly reveal that he's as intolerant in dealing with the diversity of American democracy here at home, as he is uncomfortable in challenging the lack of democracy back in Azerbaijan."