U.S. SENATOR ROBERT MENENDEZ HONORED AS ANC-NJ MAN OF THE YEAR
Arka News Agency, Armenia
Feb 19 2007
YEREVAN. February 19. /ARKA/. American Senator Robert Menendez was
honoured as the Man of the Year by the Armenian National Committee of
New Jersey, the division of the Armenian National Committee of America.
The press service of ANCA reported that at the award ceremony ANCA CEO
Aram Hamparian pointed out the senator’s contribution to expanding
the Armenian-American ties, his devotion to the proper recognition
of the Armenian Genocide, and his protests against the unfair recall
of U.S. ex-Ambassador to Armenia John Evans.
In his talk, he made remarks stating that despite the denial of this
fact by the Turkish Government, despite the current Administration’s
position, "we know, we know, the atrocities committed between 1915
and 1923 in Ottoman Turkey constitute genocide".
The elegant program was attended by a cross-section of Armenian
American leaders from the New York metropolitan area, Church leaders
representing Armenian Apostolic, Evangelical, and Catholic communities,
and, from the Republic of Armenia, a very special guest, the Honorable
Vahan Hovhannisyan, Deputy Speaker of the Armenian Parliament.
He said that he intends to continue blocking Richard Hoagland’s
nomination for the post of ambassador to Armenia, because he also
adheres to the policy of denial of the Armenian Genocide.
The Senate put hold on the nomination of Richard Hoagland as U.S.
Ambassador to Armenia twice by the efforts of the Armenian lobby and
Senator Robert Menendez. The Armenian Diaspora of the USA also does
not support Hoagland’s nomination, because he does not recognize the
Armenian Genocide that took place in Ottoman Turkey.