ARMENIAN AND LEBANESE FOREIGN MINISTERS GIVE HIGH ESTIMATION TO
RELATIONS BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES

YEREVAN, JULY 11, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. On July 11, Lebanese
Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh held a joint press conference with RA
Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian. The press conference was dedicated
to the evaluation of Armenian-Lebanese relations, prospects of
their development and summing up the results of the Lebanese Foreign
Minister’s visit to Armenia.

Both Ministers highly appreciated the current level of bilateral
relations between Armenia and Lebanon and pointed to great
possibilities of further development and deepening of these
relations. "The political will of both countries, the Armenian Diaspora
in Lebanon, as well as the legislative base contributes to development
of bilateral relations," Vartan Oskanian declared.

He expressed satisfaction with the results of the meeting with
his Lebanese colleague: "I am content with the negotiations and I
think that Fawzi Salloukh’s visit will become a stimulus for further
development of bilateral relations between Armenia and Lebanon."

In his turn, Fawzi Salloukh highly evaluated the activity of
the Armenian Diaspora in Lebanon: "Lebanon is proud that a large
Armenian Diaspora lives there. We are proud that Armenians make a
great contribution to the prosperity of Lebanon."

The Lebanese Foreign Minister also declared that the Lebanese people
highly estimates the constructive role the representatives of the
Armenian Diaspora played in the complicated situation in the middle
of 70-s. H informed that he has invited Vartan Oskanian to take part
in the sitting of the Armenian-Lebanese Intergovernmental Commission
to be held in Lebanon.