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Комитет по внешним отношениям Сената США единогласно проголосовали за кандидатуру Джона Хефферна в качестве посла США в Армении.

Как сообщили АрмИнфо в Армянском Национальном Комитете Америки (АНКА), кроме того была утверждена кандидатура Френсиса Риччиардоне на пост посла США в Турции.

Против этой кандидатуры проголосовали сенаторы, которые защищают в Сенате армянские вопросы - Роберт Менендез, Барбара Боксер и Джим Риш. Сенаторы направили Риччиардоне и официальным лицам госдепартамента письмо, в котором подчеркнули, что "американский народ заслуживает посланника, который будет бороться за ценности и интересы США, а не прогибаться под пропагандистскую машину Турции".

"К сожалению. Мы потеряли доверие в способность Риччиардоне выполнять задачу, и поэтому мы не можем поддерживать его кандидатуру", - заявил Менендез.

Отметим, действующий посол США в Турции Риччиардоне был назначен в перерыв заседаний Сената, чтобы обойти затянувшийся процесс утверждения в должности, виной которому был один-единственный, уходящий в отставку сенатор Сэм Браунбэк.

Риччиардоне стал мишенью для активистов, решивших, что он был неэффективен и не заинтересован в продвижении политических реформ в ходе своего предыдущего посольского назначения в Египте. Несмотря на его компетентность и связи в Турции, его считали кандидатом, который был бы слишком уступчив в отношении действующего правительства Эрдогана.

 

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