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    US envoy says Armenian "genocide" remarks his personal opinion

    Mediamax news agency
    28 Feb 05

    Yerevan, 28 February: The United States embassy in Armenia today
    disseminated a statement of Ambassador John Evans regarding his remarks
    about the Armenian genocide and the settlement of the Nagornyy Karabakh
    conflict made during his recent meetings with the Armenian communities
    in the United States.

    "Although I told my audiences that the United States' policy on
    the Armenian genocide has not changed, I used the term 'genocide'
    speaking in what I characterized as my personal capacity. This was
    inappropriate," the statement by John Evans reads.

    [Passage omitted: details of Evans' speech in USA]

    The statement of John Evans disseminated in Yerevan today reads that
    "the US president's annual statement on Armenian Remembrance Day
    articulates US policy on this matter".

    "My government acknowledges the tragedy that befell the Armenian
    community in Anatolia during the last years of the Ottoman Empire. We
    have been actively encouraging scholarly, civil society and diplomatic
    discussion of the forced killing and exile of Armenians in 1915. We
    have also encouraged economic and political dialogue between the
    governments of Armenia and Turkey in order to help all parties come
    to terms with these horrific events," the statement reads.
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