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ARFD REP.: NEUTRAL POSITION OF YEREVAN HAD INDIRECT IMPACT ON DECISION TO RECALL RICHARD HOAGLAND'S NOMINATION
arminfo
2007-08-07 18:41:00
The neutral position of Yerevan regarding the approval of Richard
Hoagland's nomination to the post of the Head of US Diplomatic Mission
to Armenia indirectly influenced the final decision to recall the
nomination. Head of ARFD Bureau Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office
Kiro Manoyan made this statement at a press conference.
He said the White House hoped the official Yerevan to make Armenian
Diaspora stop active anti-lobbying Richard Hoagland's nomination at
the Congress. He also added that position of the nominee to the post
of US Ambassador to Armenia on the Armenian Genocide must at least
coincide with that of Washington. "While, Hoagland stated that the
massacres of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire were not
planned," Kiro Manoyan said.
Hoagland's refusal from the post of Ambassador to Armenia influenced
the final decision to recall the nomination. "I think Hoagland
understood how insignificant is the approval of his nomination by the
Congress." At the same time, Kiro Manoyan said "denial of Armenian
Genocide is a peculiar political lever for foreign countries to
restrain Turkey." Moreover, he said the American society is ready
to recognize the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire given the
great number of supporters to the 106th draft resolution on Armenian
Genocide among congressmen and the States. Although the executive
power in the USA still denies the Armenian Genocide, the legislative
power is working in this direction, Kiro Manoyan said.
arminfo
2007-08-07 18:41:00
The neutral position of Yerevan regarding the approval of Richard
Hoagland's nomination to the post of the Head of US Diplomatic Mission
to Armenia indirectly influenced the final decision to recall the
nomination. Head of ARFD Bureau Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office
Kiro Manoyan made this statement at a press conference.
He said the White House hoped the official Yerevan to make Armenian
Diaspora stop active anti-lobbying Richard Hoagland's nomination at
the Congress. He also added that position of the nominee to the post
of US Ambassador to Armenia on the Armenian Genocide must at least
coincide with that of Washington. "While, Hoagland stated that the
massacres of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire were not
planned," Kiro Manoyan said.
Hoagland's refusal from the post of Ambassador to Armenia influenced
the final decision to recall the nomination. "I think Hoagland
understood how insignificant is the approval of his nomination by the
Congress." At the same time, Kiro Manoyan said "denial of Armenian
Genocide is a peculiar political lever for foreign countries to
restrain Turkey." Moreover, he said the American society is ready
to recognize the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire given the
great number of supporters to the 106th draft resolution on Armenian
Genocide among congressmen and the States. Although the executive
power in the USA still denies the Armenian Genocide, the legislative
power is working in this direction, Kiro Manoyan said.