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ARF PASSED ITS OPPOSITION TO TURKISH TROOPS DEPLOYMENT TO PRIME MINISTER SANIORA
Yerkir
22.08.2006 13:14
YEREVAN (YERKIR) - A delegation of the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation Central Committee of Lebanon, comprised of Hovik Mkhitarian
and MP Hakob Bagratuni, met on August 19 with Lebanese Prime Minister
Fuad Saniora.
The ARF delegation voiced the Lebanese Armenian community's
opposition to deployment of Turkish troops in south Lebanon as part
of international peacekeeping forces.
The delegation requested that the government discuss the issue of
the Turkish troops pointing out that such deployment would cause the
disappointment of not only the Lebanese Armenians but also Armenians
worldwide who have continuously supported Lebanon.
The prime minister took the expressed positions with understanding
saying, however, he had difficulty to secure an adequate number of
peacekeepers in the international forces.
Speaking to the press afterwards, MP Bagratuni expressed the Armenian
community's support for the prime minister's efforts in the domestic
and international area and its endorsement of the UN Resolution 1701.
He, however, reiterated the Armenian community's opposition to
the participation of the Turkish military in the international
peacekeeping mission.
"We explicitly told the prime minister that we are against of the
presence of even one Turkish soldier," Bagratuni noted.
Yerkir
22.08.2006 13:14
YEREVAN (YERKIR) - A delegation of the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation Central Committee of Lebanon, comprised of Hovik Mkhitarian
and MP Hakob Bagratuni, met on August 19 with Lebanese Prime Minister
Fuad Saniora.
The ARF delegation voiced the Lebanese Armenian community's
opposition to deployment of Turkish troops in south Lebanon as part
of international peacekeeping forces.
The delegation requested that the government discuss the issue of
the Turkish troops pointing out that such deployment would cause the
disappointment of not only the Lebanese Armenians but also Armenians
worldwide who have continuously supported Lebanon.
The prime minister took the expressed positions with understanding
saying, however, he had difficulty to secure an adequate number of
peacekeepers in the international forces.
Speaking to the press afterwards, MP Bagratuni expressed the Armenian
community's support for the prime minister's efforts in the domestic
and international area and its endorsement of the UN Resolution 1701.
He, however, reiterated the Armenian community's opposition to
the participation of the Turkish military in the international
peacekeeping mission.
"We explicitly told the prime minister that we are against of the
presence of even one Turkish soldier," Bagratuni noted.