Lev7 Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Is he blocked for good? Isn't it bad for Armenia that it does not have a U.S. ambassador? What is the next step? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irlandahay Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 Is he blocked for good? Isn't it bad for Armenia that it does not have a U.S. ambassador? What is the next step? I think its a sick game being played on the part of the US. they know how much this issue (AG) is important to us...and yet they insist on sending hoagland! is it some kind of joke? i think it is better to not have any american ambassador then to have hoagland! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-47 Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 I think its a sick game being played on the part of the US. they know how much this issue (AG) is important to us...and yet they insist on sending hoagland! is it some kind of joke? i think it is better to not have any american ambassador then to have hoagland! I want Evans back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hosank Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 we need an american ambassador irlandah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irlandahay Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 we need an american ambassador irlandah Yes but a real one! hoagland was a cheap stunt just to piss us off... I agree with ak-47, Evans should have stayed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadArmo Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 Yes but a real one! hoagland was a cheap stunt just to piss us off... I agree with ak-47, Evans should have stayed.... The Armenian proactive stance is righteous however we can amplify diplomacy after he takes office as Ambasador. Let him come... Then send hoagland home after he makes a pro Turkish claims not accepting facts about Genocide of the Armenians, Send a message to US we are not amused easily. Armenia considers denial of facts by other Goverments as an insult... who clearly have archives in congress, libaries, media & goverment officials to support it during the preiod in question... Shove the double standard policy where the sun does not shine ! Armenians answer the call ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hosank Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 i agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karakash Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 Amb. Hoagland's nomination is currently blocked by the "hold" placed by Sen. Bob Menendez of NJ. If he continues that hold, the only way Hoagland can make it to Armenia is via a recess appointment. There have been many opportunities during the past few months for Pres. Bush to make a recess appointment - meaning appointing someone during the congressional recess and thus bypassing the normal confirmation process. Bush has yet to do that and will probably not do it. The blocking of this nomination demonstrated the strength of the Armenian American community - particularly those in the community that were opposed to this nomination following remarks made during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 EX-KARABAKH MEDIATOR TO RUN U.S. EMBASSY IN ARMENIA By Ruben Meloyan Radio Liberty, Czech Rep. June 27 2007 The United States has named a new, more high-ranking diplomat to run its embassy in Yerevan in the continuing absence of a U.S. ambassador to Armenia, it emerged on Wednesday. A U.S. embassy official said Rudolf Perina will take over from Anthony Godfrey, the deputy chief of mission, as U.S. charge d'affaires in Yerevan next month. Unlike Godfrey, Perina has the diplomatic rank of ambassador and has served as U.S. ambassador to former Yugoslavia and Moldova in the past. He is better known in Armenia as the U.S. co-chair of the OSCE's Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh from 2001-2004. "Rudolf Perina will arrive in Armenia on July 10," Tom Mittnacht, head of the U.S. embassy's public affairs section, told RFE/RL. "He has the rank of ambassador but is coming to Armenia not as an ambassador but as a charge d'affaires." Mittnacht said another senior American diplomat, Richard Hoagland, remains President George W. Bush's ambassador designate to Armenia. Hoagland's congressional confirmation continues to be blocked by a pro-Armenian member of the U.S. Senate over his failure to describe as genocide the mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey. Senator Robert Menendez pledged last April to keep his so-called "hold" on the ambassadorial appointment. The last U.S. ambassador to Armenia, John Evans, is believed to have been recalled by Washington last year for publicly referring to the 1915-1918 slaughter of some 1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as the first genocide of the 20th century. The Bush administration refuses to use the politically sensitive term with regard to the mass killings for fear of antagonizing Turkey, a key U.S. ally. "By appointing Ambassador Perina as charge d'affaires, the State Department took into account his rich experience and knowledge of Armenia as well as his personal and business ties with top Armenian leaders, which will contribute to continuity in our bilateral relations with Armenia," Mittnacht said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 RUDOLF PERINA'S APPOINTMENT SPEAKS ABOUT GREAT IMPORTANCE OF ARMENIA AND NKR FOR USA PanARMENIAN.Net 28.06.2007 13:39 GMT+04:00 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Frankly speaking, I do not know the diplomatic rank of Rudolf Perina. However, he is a really experienced diplomat, professional conflictologist. R. Perina served as U.S. Special Envoy on local conflicts in Eurasia, he was closely involved in the settlement of the Yugoslavian conflict, directly participated in preparing and signing the Dayton Agreement," political scientist Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan stated to the PanARMENIAN.Net journalist, commenting on Rudolf Perina's appointment as U.S. Charge d'Affaires in Armenia. According to the political scientist, R. Perina is well aware of problems of Transdnestria, South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Karabakh. "Most likely, R. Perina's appointment as U.S. Charge d'Affaires in Armenia is not an evidence for neglecting his knowledge and values, just the opposite, it speaks about the great importance that Washington pays to our region, in particular, to Armenia and NKR," the Armenian political scientist underscored. OSCE Minsk Group former U.S. Co-Chair Rudolf Perina is appointed as U.S. Charge d'Affaires in Armenia. He will take up his duties on July 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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