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    HUGE CROWDS PROTEST PRESIDENT SARGSYAN IN BEIRUT; COMMUNITY SAYS "NO" TO PROTOCOLS

    http://hetq.am/en/diaspora/18564/
    2009/ 10/07 | 14:30

    Diaspora

    President Serzh Sargsyan was greeted by thousands of angry Armenians
    upon his arrival in Beirut on Tuesday during his tour of the diaspora
    to smooth Armenian fears of political rapprochement with Turkey.

    Waving the red, blue and orange Armenian flag, chanting slogans and
    brandishing banners condemning the proposed agreement with Turkey,
    thousands of Lebanese Armenians converged on a luxury hotel in the
    suburbs of East Beirut to leave President Serzh Sargsyan in no doubt
    about their feelings.

    In Lebanon, he will face an uphill task in talks with community
    leaders. All the major political parties - which wield considerable
    influence in the intricate and delicate Lebanese political system
    - are against the proposed accord with Turkey. So too are all the
    religious leaders.

    Some demonstrators clashed briefly with anti-riot police who had
    deployed around the hotel, and a handful of people were slightly
    injured by batons, an AFP correspondent said.
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