U.S. charge D’affaire wrapping up his diplomatic mission in Armenia
24.10.2007,
20:33
U.S. Charge d’Affaires Rudolf Perina is wrapping up his diplomatic mission in Armenia, U.S. Embassy Press Secretary Tagui Jahikyan reported on Wednesday.
YEREVAN, October 24. /ARKA/. U.S. Charge d’Affaires Rudolf Perina is wrapping up his diplomatic mission in Armenia, U.S. Embassy Press Secretary Tagui Jahikyan reported on Wednesday.
She said Perina would fly to Washington on Friday. In her words, U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Joseph Pennington will temporarily fulfil the duties of charge d’affaires.
Position of U.S. ambassador to Armenia remains vacant.
U.S. Congress hasn’t upheld President Bush’s nominee Richard Hoagland, who was nominated to succeed John Evans, who was recalled by White House in September 2006. The early recall was prompted by the ambassador’s repeated statements on Armenian Genocide fact recognition.
Unlike Evans, Hoagland expressed obvious unwillingness to qualify mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Empire as genocide. That’s why his candidacy was voted down by the Congress, thanks to Armenian lobby’s and Senator Robert Menendez’s efforts. M.V.-0---
She said Perina would fly to Washington on Friday. In her words, U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Joseph Pennington will temporarily fulfil the duties of charge d’affaires.
Position of U.S. ambassador to Armenia remains vacant.
U.S. Congress hasn’t upheld President Bush’s nominee Richard Hoagland, who was nominated to succeed John Evans, who was recalled by White House in September 2006. The early recall was prompted by the ambassador’s repeated statements on Armenian Genocide fact recognition.
Unlike Evans, Hoagland expressed obvious unwillingness to qualify mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Empire as genocide. That’s why his candidacy was voted down by the Congress, thanks to Armenian lobby’s and Senator Robert Menendez’s efforts. M.V.-0---
