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  • ANKARA: Double Genocide Correction from US Yerevan Ambassador

    Anadolu Agency, Turkey
    March4 2005

    Double Genocide Correction from US Yerevan Ambassador
    By Anadolu News Agency (aa)
    Published: Friday 04, 2005
    zaman.com


    The US Ambassador to Yerevan John Evans has had to apologize twice
    for use of the term "genocide" about events in Armenia, once to the
    US Administration and once to Turkey.

    Evans criticized Washington's policy last week and said that Armenian
    events should be called "genocide" from now on. Top level
    administration of US State Department reacted to this statement and
    made Evans issue a retraction on the Embassy's internet site. The
    ambassador said in the message that the term "genocide" was his own
    evaluation and this did not indicate the US policy, which had not
    changed. Evans said that he was sorry for causing a misunderstanding.
    But Evans hid the term 'genocide' within the message of apology
    saying "there is no change in the policy of the US over the Armenian
    genocide." The Turkish ambassador to Washington Faruk Logoglu reacted
    to this message and the Washington administration approved Turkey's
    demand and made Evans correct the message of apology. Logoglu
    reminded the US State Department that the US does not recognize the
    Armenian genocide, but the term was used in the message of apology of
    the US Yerevan Ambassador. Logoglu noted that a term that is not
    accepted by USA could not be used in a statement of policy.
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