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LEBANON DEFENSE MINISTER HOSTS ARMENIAN COUNTERPART, ITALY ARMY CHIEF, STL HEAD
The Daily Star, Lebanon
April 14 2015
BEIRUT: Defense Minister Samir Moqbel held separate meetings Tuesday
with the Italian Army chief of staff, the head of the Special Tribunal
for Lebanon, and Armenia's defense minister.
Moqbel discussed with Lt. Gen. Claudio Graziano military coordination
between the two countries and the activities of UNIFIL's Italian unit
in south Lebanon, a ministry statement said.
Later in the day, Moqbel met with Ivana Hrdli?kov?, the newly-elected
head of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon investigating the 2005
assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Hrdli?kov? was accompanied by STL deputy chief Judge Ralph Riyashi,
the statement added.
Moqbel's last visitor was Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian,
who was accompanied by the country's ambassador to Lebanon and a
military delegation.
Ohanian told reporters that the meeting was "unique and very
important," saying the discussion was focused on a new defense pact
between the two countries.
The Armenian official invited Moqbel to visit Armenia to continue
talks over possible military cooperation.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Apr-14/294406-lebanon-defense-minister-hosts-armenian-counterpart-italy-army-chief-stl-head.ashx
The Daily Star, Lebanon
April 14 2015
BEIRUT: Defense Minister Samir Moqbel held separate meetings Tuesday
with the Italian Army chief of staff, the head of the Special Tribunal
for Lebanon, and Armenia's defense minister.
Moqbel discussed with Lt. Gen. Claudio Graziano military coordination
between the two countries and the activities of UNIFIL's Italian unit
in south Lebanon, a ministry statement said.
Later in the day, Moqbel met with Ivana Hrdli?kov?, the newly-elected
head of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon investigating the 2005
assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Hrdli?kov? was accompanied by STL deputy chief Judge Ralph Riyashi,
the statement added.
Moqbel's last visitor was Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian,
who was accompanied by the country's ambassador to Lebanon and a
military delegation.
Ohanian told reporters that the meeting was "unique and very
important," saying the discussion was focused on a new defense pact
between the two countries.
The Armenian official invited Moqbel to visit Armenia to continue
talks over possible military cooperation.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Apr-14/294406-lebanon-defense-minister-hosts-armenian-counterpart-italy-army-chief-stl-head.ashx