U.S. EMBASSY TO ARMENIA "DISAPPOINTED BY WORDS OF ANCA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR"

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.03.2007 15:00 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The U.S. Embassy to Armenia expressed its "deep
disappointment with the statement of ANCA (Armenian National Committee
of America) Exec. Director Aram Hamparian. During a press conference
in Yerevan on March 12 Mr. Hamparian said that the U.S. Senate
will not approve Richard Hoagland’s candidacy as U.S. Ambassador
to Yerevan. R. Hoagland denies the Armenian Genocide and doubts in
premeditated actions of Ottoman Empire authorities.

Particularly, the U.S. Embassy statement says, "His remarks were
a willful distortion of reality and have no place in any serious
discussion about policy differences. Mr. Hamparian’s comments
are particularly out of place in Yerevan, where the Government of
Armenia has already signaled its readiness to work with Ambassador
Hoagland. Neither Ambassador Hoagland nor the Administration has ever
denied the mass murders and forced exile of over 1.5 million Armenians
that occurred in the final years of the Ottoman Empire. During his
confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on
June 28, 2006, Ambassador Hoagland specifically said, on the record,
"No one in the Administration has ever denied the events." He has
read broadly the history of the period. However, the Administration,
and therefore Ambassador-designate Hoagland, does not use the word
"genocide" to describe these events."

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress