JOHN EVANS: "MY STATEMENT ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE WAS NOT A SLIP OF THE TONGUE"
PanARMENIAN.Net
10.01.2007 14:29 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ John Evans’s, US previous ambassador to Armenia
statement on the Armenian Genocide ‘was not a slip of the tongue’,
stated John Evans himself in the interview to the Los Angeles
Times. "I knew it was not the policy of the United States to use
the word ‘genocide’. But ninety years is a long time and at some
point you have to call a spade a spade," said John Evans. It is worth
mentioning that the diplomat departed from Armenian on September and
last month officially left the State Department. In his words, by
July 2005, it was absolutely clear that he would be forced out. It is
worth mentioning that during his meeting with San Francisco Armenian
Diaspora on February 19, 2005 John Evans said, "Today I’ll call it
Armenian Genocide." Later, on February 28, 2005, speaking in US Embassy
to Armenia, Evans wanted to introduce clarity into his February 19
statement. "I used the word ‘genocide’, which reflects personally my,
John Evans’s viewpoint, and not of a political figure." he said.