RUDOLPH PERINA ON APPOINTMENT OF U.S. AMBASSADOR TO RA: IT WON’T BE ME

PanARMENIAN.Net
24.09.2007 13:57 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ U.S. Charge d’Affaires Rudolph Perina will not
head the U.S. mission to Armenia. "The nomination is announced by
the President and then should be approved by the Senate. The issue
is being discussed. However, I am not aware when and who will be
nominated. One thing I can say for sure: it won’t be me," Mr Perina
told reporters September 24, IA Regnum reports.

On August 3, following a year of Armenian National Committee of America
(ANCA) led Armenian American community opposition to the controversial
appointment of an Armenian Genocide denier as U.S. envoy to Yerevan,
the White House announced the withdrawal of the nomination of Richard
Hoagland as U.S. Ambassador to Armenia.

The appointment was twice blocked by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ). A
genocide denier must never represent the U.S. in Armenia, according
to him.