Zaman Online, Turkey
May 26 2006
US Recalls Armenian Envoy for Saying ‘Genocide’
By Anadolu News Agency (aa), Washington
Published: Friday, May 26, 2006
zaman.com
United States President George W. Bush recalled the United States
Ambassador to Erivan, John Evans, who termed the incidents that
occurred during World War I as `genocide.’
The White House announced in a statement that it nominated United
States Ambassador to Dushanbe, Richard Hoagland, as replacement
ambassador to the Armenian capital Erivan instead.
State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack said Evans will leave his
post in Erivan, but offered no explanation as to why ambassador Evans
was leaving the three- year position after only two years.
More than 60 deputies from the Armenian lobby in the House of
Representatives reacted against the decision in a letter they wrote
to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, which cited they are worried
about the development and asked for a clarification about Evans’
condition.
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), an umbrella
organization for radical Armenian institutions in that United States,
announced Evans was unseated because he called the Armenian incidents
`genocide.’
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
