Bryza: voting against Azerbaijani UN resolution was a painful decision for U.S.

PanARMENIAN.Net - Voting against the Azerbaijani UN resolution was a very painful decision for the U.S. government, according to the OSCE Minsk Group U.S. Co-chair.



"Azerbaijan is our friend and strategic partner. One cannot support those who are against your partner. But in our opinion, a possible position is a real one," Matthew Bryza said.



"For us, a resolution leading to compromise over which we are working would be possible. While that resolution reflects the position of one side only. To be a frank intermediary, to help a joint compromise we said no. But that is not the direction we wanted to follow. We want to advance to a compromise. We worked over the resolution jointly with our friends at the Azerbaijani government in order to make it acceptable, but failed. So, I can say I am very sorry and I am very upset about the situation. But now we have to move forward, to find a compromise and to establish friendly relations," he said, Trend Azeri news agency reports.