259 People Evacuated from Lebanon to Armenia

259 People Evacuated from Lebanon to Armenia

PanARMENIAN.Net
26.07.2006 13:36 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 259 people, half of them Armenian citizens, have
been evacuated from Lebanon so far, RA MFA Acting Spokesman Vladimir
Karapetian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words, planes
of Armavia national carrier made four flights from Aleppo (Syria)
to Yerevan. 54 people arrived in Armenia from Tel Aviv (Israel). "We
have received no other appeals from Armenian citizens or Armenians
in Israel yet," Karapetian remarked.

To note, the Armenian community of Lebanon numbers some 120 thousand
people, most of them living in Beirut.