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BERRI: LEBANON IS A SECOND HOME FOR THE ARMENIANS
Ya Libnan
Nov 27 2012
Lebanon
During a banquet honoring Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan , who is
in Lebanon on 2 day official visit , Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih
Berri warned that the entire region is "threatened by fragmentation
and division." "The entire region is threatened by fragmentation
and division and is witnessing ethnic and factional explosions,"
Berri said on Tuesday.
Commenting on the relations between Lebanon and Armenia Berri said
"Lebanon and Armenia have many things in common, and Lebanon has
always been a second home to the Armenians."
Berri urged all Lebanese politicians to commit to the Taef Agreement
and to sit together to settle differences while distancing the country
from the Syrian crisis. He emphasized that "the Lebanese civil war
experience proved that no party can eliminate the other."
On his part the Armenian president said that "Lebanese-Armenian
relations are ones of friendship because the two countries are related
to one another."
"We will always remember the support that the Lebanese people provided
to the Armenians". He stressed
Commenting on the Arab Spring , Sargsyan said: "The Arab world is
entering a "complicated transitional phase" , adding "Armenia is
worried about the Syrian people's fate."
He reiterated his country's call for a "cessation of the blood
shedding" in Syria.
The lunch banquet was attended by several March 14 MPs, PM Najib
Mikati, FPM leader Michel Aoun and Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali
Abdel Karim Ali.
http://www.yalibnan.com/2012/11/27/berri-lebanon-is-a-second-home-for-the-armenians/
From: Baghdasarian
Ya Libnan
Nov 27 2012
Lebanon
During a banquet honoring Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan , who is
in Lebanon on 2 day official visit , Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih
Berri warned that the entire region is "threatened by fragmentation
and division." "The entire region is threatened by fragmentation
and division and is witnessing ethnic and factional explosions,"
Berri said on Tuesday.
Commenting on the relations between Lebanon and Armenia Berri said
"Lebanon and Armenia have many things in common, and Lebanon has
always been a second home to the Armenians."
Berri urged all Lebanese politicians to commit to the Taef Agreement
and to sit together to settle differences while distancing the country
from the Syrian crisis. He emphasized that "the Lebanese civil war
experience proved that no party can eliminate the other."
On his part the Armenian president said that "Lebanese-Armenian
relations are ones of friendship because the two countries are related
to one another."
"We will always remember the support that the Lebanese people provided
to the Armenians". He stressed
Commenting on the Arab Spring , Sargsyan said: "The Arab world is
entering a "complicated transitional phase" , adding "Armenia is
worried about the Syrian people's fate."
He reiterated his country's call for a "cessation of the blood
shedding" in Syria.
The lunch banquet was attended by several March 14 MPs, PM Najib
Mikati, FPM leader Michel Aoun and Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali
Abdel Karim Ali.
http://www.yalibnan.com/2012/11/27/berri-lebanon-is-a-second-home-for-the-armenians/
From: Baghdasarian