RUMORS ABOUT WITHDRAWAL OF AMBASSADOR JOHN EVANS ARE GETTING INCREASINGLY PHANTOMATIC
YEREVAN, MARCH 15. ARMINFO. For the fourth time in the last week,
the State Department’s official spokesperson has failed to directly
respond to questions raised by journalists during the Department’s
daily press briefing about reports that the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia,
John Marshall Evans, has been recalled due to his truthful statements
on the Armenian Genocide, report the Armenian National Committee of
America (ANCA).
“It’s certainly disappointing seeing State Department officials
hiding behind their spokesperson to avoid directly answering questions
about whether Ambassador Evans is being recalled because he had the
courage to stand up against what effectively amounts to a ‘gag-rule’
preventing our nation’s diplomats from speaking truthfully about the
Armenian Genocide,” says ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian.
The US Embassy has once again refuted the reports, while Haykakan
Zhamanak daily reports the Armenian Foreign Ministry to have received
an agrement on Richard Hoagland’s candidacy for new US ambassador to
Armenia. Now Hoagland is ambassador to Tajikistan. The FM has refused
to comment on the withdrawal reports.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
