POSITION OF US AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA JOHN EVANS IN ISSUE OF KARABAKH
AND ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN OTTOMAN TURKEY BASED ON PRINCIPLES OF
JUSTICE: ARMENIAN MP
YEREVAN, MARCH 2. ARMINFO. “I welcome the position of US Ambassador to
Armenia John Evans in the issue of Karabakh and the Armenian Genocide
in Ottoman Turkey as it is based on the principles of justice.” Head
of the Parliamentary fraction of ARF Dashnaktsutyun party, ex-deputy
foreign minister of Armenia, Levon Lazarian informs of it ARMINFO.
In his words, on the one hand, the atmosphere of the meeting wherein
the Ambassador expressed his position contributed to any person to
expressing his personal point of view. On the other hand, it is
necessary to take into account another fact as well, that is, John
Evans made his statement taking into account his post, Lazarian
says. “In this aspect, any one his personal opinions remains the
statement by US Ambassador to Armenia and is a serious and important
statement in spite of the fact that the US Department of State made
its official position different from that of John Evans,” he says. In
this connection, he points out that a tendency towards “correction” of
statements of US officials on Karabakh by the Department of State has
been observed recently (the statement by the former Assistance of US
Secretary of State Elizabeth Jones is meant – ed.). Lazarian thinks
that on the one hand it can testify to the level of independence of
official representative of Washington in their statements, on the
other hand, it contains definite tendencies taking into account that
the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in ottoman Turkey will
be marked in April, including at US Congress.
It should be noted that speaking at California University Berkeley
recently, US Ambassador to Armenia John Evans stated that despite the
USA’s adherence to the policy of territorial integrity of states,
everyone admitted that it was impossible to return Karabakh to
Azerbaijan. He also characterized the events in Ottoman Turkey at the
beginning of the last century as Genocide of Armenians. He stated that
despite the officials of the White House avoided the term “genocide,”
none of the officials of the USA had ever denied this fact.