Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

BAKU: John Evans: I do not retract my words on the 1915 Armenian

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • BAKU: John Evans: I do not retract my words on the 1915 Armenian

    Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
    Sept 1 2006


    John Evans: I do not retract my words on the 1915 Armenian genocide

    [ 01 Sen. 2006 11:19 ]

    `I assessed the 1915 `Young Turkish' government's actions against
    Armenians as genocide and I do not retract this statement,' said John
    Evans, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Armenia, APA reports.

    Holding his last press conference in Yerevan before leaving for the
    US, Evans stressed that his position regarding the so-called Armenian
    genocide remains unchanged.
    He said he has received a `nice note' from Bush that thanked him for
    his work in Armenia. He also commended Bush's choice of the next U.S.
    ambassador to Yerevan, Richard Hoagland, as a `consummate
    professional.'
    Evans was recalled from Armenia on March 7 this year. The reason for
    that is believed to be his statement that Armenians suffered genocide
    in the Ottoman Empire
    `The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the 20th century,'
    Evans had declared during a February 2005 meeting with
    Armenian-American activists in California.
    But later on seeing this statement caused a serious dissatisfaction,
    Evans told a press conference that his words were unofficially stated
    which do not represent official position of his state.
    `This expression belongs to me only not a politician. But I must say
    this was not uttered on time,' he said.
    Richard Hoagland, currently the outgoing U.S. ambassador to
    Tajikistan, has been confirmed by the U.S Senate as a new ambassador
    to Armenia. /APA/
Working...
X