NICHOLAS BURNS: BUSH ADMINISTRATION NEVER DENIED MURDERS OF 1.5 MILLION ARMENIANS
PanARMENIAN.Net
26.12.2006 16:24 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns said
that the Bush administration has never denied the murders of 1.5
million Armenians. "Despite some claims, nether candidate for the
US Ambassador in Armenia Richard Hoagland, nor the presidential
administration have ever humbled and denied the fact that during its
last days of existence the Ottoman Empire deported and executed half a
million Armenians," writes Burns in his letter which has been spread
by Associated Press. The agency claims that the letter was addressed
to Senator Robert Menendez’s assistant, who refused to say his name
since the administration was against publishing the letter. It is well
known that Senators Menendez and the leader of democrats in Senate
Harry Reid sent a letter to State Secretary Condoleezza Rice asking
to reject Hoagland’s candidacy: "It will be shameful for the whole
diplomatic corps if Richard Hoagland’s candidacy, who has a perfect
service record, will not be confirmed as US Ambassador in Armenia
in connection with the disagreements of the previous Ambassador in
Armenia John Evans," the letter says.
AP also brings the words of Congressman Adam Schiff who stated
that the USA during last years got a perfect opportunity to adopt a
resolution on the Armenian Genocide. Also it is mentioned that new
head of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, as reported her
press secretary, continues to remain a supporter for adopting such
a resolution, RFE Radio Liberty reports.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
