ENVOY - LEBANON MAINTAINS NEUTRALITY IN KARABAKH CONFLICT
Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
June 1 2007
Yerevan, 1 June: Lebanon maintains neutrality in the Nagornyy Karabakh
conflict settlement, Lebanese ambassador to Armenia Jibra'il Ji'arah
told a news conference today [1 June].
Asked about the participation of Turkish servicemen in the peacekeeping
mission in Lebanon, he experssed confidence that "Turkish servicemen
are carrying out only a peacekeeping mission and do not pose a threat
to Lebanese Armenians".
He added that "not a single Armenian has suffered during the entire
period of the military operations between Lebanon and Israel".
"I have always said that God protects Lebanese Armenians," he said.
Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
June 1 2007
Yerevan, 1 June: Lebanon maintains neutrality in the Nagornyy Karabakh
conflict settlement, Lebanese ambassador to Armenia Jibra'il Ji'arah
told a news conference today [1 June].
Asked about the participation of Turkish servicemen in the peacekeeping
mission in Lebanon, he experssed confidence that "Turkish servicemen
are carrying out only a peacekeeping mission and do not pose a threat
to Lebanese Armenians".
He added that "not a single Armenian has suffered during the entire
period of the military operations between Lebanon and Israel".
"I have always said that God protects Lebanese Armenians," he said.
