ANCA Exec Director: It Is Sad That American Government Does Not
Respect Moral Side of Armenian Genocide Recognition Issue

Arminfo
2007-03-16 11:40:00

ANCA Executive Director Aram Hambarian stated once more that Richard
Hoagland, pretending to the post of the US Ambassador to Armenia,
denies the Armenian Genocide.

To remind, the US Embassy in Armenia has spread a statement the day
before, in which the comments of A. Hambarian on the candidacy of
Richard Hoagland to the post of the US Ambassador to RA were called
inappropriate. Commenting on this statement in an interview to
"Yerkir" daily, A. Hambarian underlined once more that R. Hoagland
denied the fact of the Armenian Genocide in his speech in the US
Congress Senate. "He answered in writing to senators that there was no
Genocide and prejudiced the Armenian pogroms in the Ottoman Empire",
Hambarian said.

According to him, it is sad that the American Government does not
respect the moral side of this problem. The US State Department is
much behind of the US Congress, the American society, the American
Mass Media and the US States by its policy. "We urge the US
authorities to recognize the Genocide, however, it remains the
protector of Turkish interests" , Hambarian said.

According to him, the US representatives both in Yerevan and in
Washington are well aware that the policy they follow on this issue is
incorrect and unfair. "I hope that all the employees of the US Embassy
in Armenia will talk of the Armenian Genocide with the same courage
and sincerity like the former US Ambassador to RA John Evans did",
A. Hambarian said.