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  • U.S. Senate To Elect New Ambassador To Armenia In Late July

    U.S. SENATE TO ELECT NEW AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA IN LATE JULY

    ARKA
    July 2

    The U.S. Senate plans to bring the candidacy of U.S. Ambassadorial
    nominee to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch to a vote in late July, said
    U.S. Charge d'Affaires Joseph Pennington.

    He said the reason why the voting was delayed was Yovanovothch's
    refusal to properly characterize Ottoman Turkey's systematic
    destruction of its Armenian population as genocide.

    The White House put forward the candidacy of former U.S. Ambassador
    to Kyrgyzstan Marie Yovanovitch in late March.

    During last week's hearings, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
    touched upon the nomination of the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia and
    the Armenian Genocide issue.

    U.S. Deputy Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David
    J. Kramer said the U.S. Senate intends to approve the candidacy of
    the new U.S.

    Ambassador to Armenia soon.

    John Evans, former US Ambassador to Armenia completed his diplomatic
    mission ahead of schedule, in September 2006. The reason for his
    early resignation was his repeated statements on the recognition of
    the Armenian Genocide.

    The voting of the U.S. Congress on approval of Richard Hoagland's
    candidacy was suspended thanks to the joint efforts of the Armenian
    lobby and Senator Robert Menendez.

    The reason is that he refrained from recognizing the Armenian genocide
    in the Ottoman Turkey. Sen. Menendez fended once again on January 10,
    2007, the approval of President Bush-nominated Richard Hoagland as
    U.S. Ambassador to Armenia.
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