ARAM HAMBARIAN: I HOPE ALL EMPLOYEES OF U.S. EMBASSY IN RA WILL SPEAK ABOUT
GENOCIDE WITH SAME BRAVERY AS JOHN EVANS DID

YEREVAN, MARCH 16, NOYAN TAPAN. "Candidate for U.S. Ambassador to RA
Richard Hoagland answered to Senators Kerry and Boxer in a written
form that there has been no Genocide and questioned the massacres of
Armenians in the Ottoman Empire." Aram Hambarian, Executive Director
of Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), stated this in his
commentary given to the Yerkir web-site touching upon the statement
spread the day before by U.S. Embassy in RA.

A. Hambarian once more stated that firstly, Richard Hoagland
pretending to the post of U.S. Ambassador to Armenia refuted the
Armenian Genocide. "Secondly, if you want to understand the position
of U.S. government, you should form a clear idea about the position of
the authorities in this issue of great importance for Armenians. They
can play on words, but for us, the most important is the legislation,"
Hambarian emphasized.

In the words of the Armenian lobbyist, it is very sad that the
American government does not respect the moral aspect of this
issue. "The U.S. Foreign Ministry with its conduct considerably lags
behind U.S. Congress, American public, American media and U.S.
states. We call American authorities for recognizing the Genocide, but
the American government remains the protector of Turkish interests,"
he added.

The Executive Director of Armenian National Committee of America
expressed the hope that all employees of U.S. Embassy in RA should
speak with the same sincerety and bravery about the Armenian Genocide
as former Ambassador John Evans did.