"DEMOCRATIC ARMENIA" UNION URGES U.S. SENATE TO SPEED UP SUBSTITUTION
OF U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA

Arka News Agency, Armenia
July 17 2006

YEREVAN, July 17. /ARKA/. "Democratic Armenia" union urges the U.S.

Senate to speed up the substitution of the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia,
the union’s representative, President of the National Press Club
Narine Lazarian reported today. The statement particularly says
about a failure in the U.S. policy in establishing the values
of freedom and democratic development. "The American Embassy,
particularly Ambassador John Evans and also the organizations,
called to contribute to the democratic development in Armenia
are responsible for the failure," Lazarian said. Besides this,
"Democratic Armenia" union calls the U.S. Senate to speed up the
substitution of the Ambassador. The Armenian lobby of the USA also
urges the Senate to be careful in choosing an ambassador, who can
be devoted to democracy in the name of Armenia’s strengthening and
for the good of improvement of the Armenian-American relations.

According to the position of the Armenians of America, the reason
of the pre-term recall of incumbent U.S. Ambassador John Evans is
his statement on recognition of the Armenian Genocide that he made in
February 2005 during his speech to the Armenian Diaspora in California.

Richard Hogland was assigned new Ambassador to Armenia.