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    LEBANESE, ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS DISCUSS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

    NowLebanon
    Nov 26 2012

    Lebanese President Michel Suleiman discussed the latest regional
    developments on Monday with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan,
    particularly developments in neighboring Syria.

    During a joint press conference with the Armenian president, Suleiman
    said he briefed Sargsyan on "efforts deployed to resume dialogue
    [in Lebanon] and keep it away from the negative repercussions of the
    regional crises," the National News Agency reported.

    The Lebanese president also voiced his country's support for Armenia's
    independence, and its "pride in the accomplishments of Lebanese people
    of Armenian descent."

    He also expressed his desire to "reinforce the ties between Lebanon
    and Armenia in the cultural and social fields."

    Meanwhile, Sargsyan voiced his concern over the fate of the Syrian
    people.

    "Armenia has always stood against bloodshed, and it is impossible for
    the situation in Syria to be resolved without dialogue," Sargsyan said.

    Fears of a spillover of the Syrian conflict, which has raged for more
    than 20 months and left over 40,000 people dead, have increased as
    violence has spread to Syria's borders with Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan,
    Iraq, and Israel.

    Earlier on Monday, the Armenian president arrived in Lebanon for an
    official visit.

    Sargsyan had been scheduled to address the Lebanese parliament.

    However, last week Speaker Nabih Berri dismissed his earlier call
    for a plenary legislative session to receive Sargsyan, ostensibly
    due to the absence of several ministers and MPs who travelled to
    the Vatican to participate in the ordination ceremony of Maronite
    Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai as a cardinal.

    Parliamentary activity in Lebanon has been disrupted since the
    opposition March 14 coalition announced that it would cut all ties
    with the current government, including meetings held by parliamentary
    committees to discuss proposals transferred by the cabinet.

    The boycott decision followed the assassination of Lebanon's Internal
    Security Forces intelligence chief Wissam al-Hassan on October 19 in
    Beirut's Ashrafieh.

    -NOW Lebanon

    http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=460668

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