U.S. Ambassador to Armenia to be appointed when his candidacy is approved by SenateJune 7, 2007 - 21:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. Ambassador to Armenia will be appointed when the Senate approves his candidacy, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Bryza stated to a press conference in Yerevan. He said, candidacy proposed by President George Bush remains unchanged. He is Richard Hoagland. "I hope the procedure in the Senate will pass successfully," he said.U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations twice has blocked Richard Hoagland's candidacy as U.S. Ambassador to Yerevan. Both times senator from New Jersey Robert Menendez used his veto power. He stated, a man who denied the Armenian Genocide cannot protect U.S. interests in Armenia. At the hearings in Senate Commission Hoagland stated that he recognizes events of 1915 but does not consider them as Genocide. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. |