JOHN EVANS: I DON’T KNOW WHEN I WILL LEAVE ARMENIA, I HAVE NOT SUBMITTED ANY DOCUMENT REGARDING THIS ISSUE
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Mar 07 2006
YEREVAN, MARCH 7, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. I do not agree that
the Rambouillet meeting failed, the Karabakh settlement process
stopped or reached a deadlock, and the Minsk Group did not come
up to expectations. The sides came close to reaching an agreement,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
Matthew Bryza said at the March 7 press conference. According to him,
the issues, on which the sides failed to come to an agreement, need
to be settled. He disagreed that his visit intentionally coincided
with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen’s meeting in Washington –
his meeting was planned much earlier.
As for the rumors about the recall of the US Ambassador to Armenia
John Evans, the US diplomat noted that Ambasador Evans serves the
US President. He is a fantastically good ambassador, while the US
President deals with personnel issues, so it is for him to speak about
personnel issues, he said. In the opinion of M. Bryza, Ambassador
Evans succeeded in forming a good expert team in Armenia.
In response to the same question, Amb. Evans underlined that he serves
the US President, and no one can be an eternal ambassador. He said
that he does not know when he will leave Armenia and that he has not
submitted any document regarding that issue. I will not give up my
work until my plane takes off from Armenia, he stated.