IT IS TACTLESS TO APPOINT A REPRESENTATIVE OF NON-TRADITIONAL SEXUAL ORIENTATION AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA: HAKOB AVETIKYAN
Yerevan, January 11. ArmInfo. It is tactless to appoint Richard
Hoagland, a representative of a non-traditional sexual orientation,
as the US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia which
is a country of strong traditions, Hakob Avetikyan, the editor-in-chief
of the "Azg> newspaper, said at the "Urbat> discussion club, Thursday.
In his turn, Kiro Manoyan, the head of the "Hay Dat> office in
Armenia and a member of the ARF Dashnaktsutsyun Party, noted that it
is undiplomatic and tactless of Armenia to make any statements about
the appointment of Richard Hoagland. This issue should be addressed
in the USA, moreover, the "Hay Dat> office has already expressed a
discontent in its message to the Senate. Particularly, the message
runs that R.Hoagland will fail to properly represent the interests
of the USA in Armenia, K.Manoyan said. He added that Armenia should
wait for the further course of events.
To remind, US President George Bush has twice failed to appoint Richard
Hoagland as US Ambassador to Armenia. For the first time, the voting
in the US Senate for confirmation of R.Hoagland’s nomination for a
new US Ambassador to Armenia was suspended in September 2006.
The Armenian community of the USA came out against Hoagland’s
nomination, as he denies the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey
in 1915.