ARMENIA CALLS ON ISRAEL AND LEBANON TO SHOW RESTRAINT AND CAUTIOUSNESS

Armenpress

YEREVAN, JULY 14, ARMENPRESS: Armenia has called today on Israel and
Lebanon to display restrain and cautiousness in order not to let the
situation in the fragile Middle East spiral out of control.

Armenian foreign minister Vartan Oskanian told today journalists that
Armenia wishes that the standoff between Israel and Lebanon be resolved
through talks and cease-fire established as soon as possible. Oskanian
said Armenia condemns any manifestation of violence-taking hostage
or use of force, especially the inadequate use of force, targeting
civilian infrastructure and claiming civilian lives.

Israel’s bombardment of Beirut’s airport yesterday disrupted Middle
Eastern air travel and threatened to cripple Lebanon’s tourism industry
at the start of its busiest season. The Israeli air strike forced
the closing of the airport and the diversion of all incoming flights.

Even the plane carrying Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh from
Armenia was unable to land and he had to make his way home through
Damascus, in neighboring Syria.