Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Beirut: Foreign Workers Asked To Leave Bourj Hammoud, Says Pakradoun

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Beirut: Foreign Workers Asked To Leave Bourj Hammoud, Says Pakradoun

    FOREIGN WORKERS ASKED TO LEAVE BOURJ HAMMOUD, SAYS PAKRADOUNIAN

    NOW LEBANON
    Oct 31 2011

    Tashnaq Party leader MP Hagop Pakradounian clarified in an interview
    published on Monday the media reports according to which Syrian Kurds
    were asked to evacuate Bourj Hammoud, located near Beirut and mainly
    inhabited by Armenians.

    "The municipality has asked foreign workers - whether they are Syrian,
    Egyptian, Sri Lankan or Filipino - especially those who do not have
    identification papers and official or registered lease contracts,
    to evacuate the region," Pakradounian told An-Nahar newspaper.

    He added that the municipality will allow foreign workers who live
    with their families to remain in Bourj Hammoud.

    The MP also said that "the Armenian and the Kurdish people are one,
    and are tied by historical alliances and friendships."

    Future News television quoted on Monday Syrian Kurdish people as saying
    that Tashnaq-related group informed Syrian Kurdish families living
    in Bourj Hammoud "of the importance to evacuate their rented houses
    in the area, after members of these families participated in protests
    against the Syrian regime in front of the Syrian Embassy in Beirut."

    According to UN estimates, more than 3,000 people have been killed in
    the crackdown on Syrian protesters who have been demonstrating against
    the Baath regime since mid-March. Thousands have fled to Lebanon.

    -NOW Lebanon

    http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=327789



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Working...
X