NEW US ENVOY TO ARMENIA DUE IN TWO WEEKS
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
July 6 2006
Baku, July 5, AssA-Irada
The new US ambassador to Armenia Richard Hoagland will arrive in
Yerevan immediately after his approval to the post in two weeks,
the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and the new co-chair of
the OSCE Minsk Group (MG), Matthew Bryza, has said.
“Hoagland is well-versed on the Caucasus history. As for the current
ambassador John Evans, he is an outstanding envoy and it is wrong to
say that he is being recalled or even being estranged from diplomatic
service. This is not true,” the American official said.
“Ambassadors serve the president and should follow his policy. US
President George Bush’s policy on the mass killings of Armenians is
very clear, as he points out in his annual addresses,” said Bryza.
“If someone disagrees with it, they are at liberty to make their own
decisions, but these should not be divulged. Certainly, our job is
also to advise him, but we must support his policy when it comes to
public statements.”
The decision to replace Evans came after he called for recognition
of the “genocide of Armenians” that allegedly took place in Ottoman
Turkey at the dawn of the last century during a meeting with the
Armenian community in California in February 2005.
US officials had never used the “genocide” term before.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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