LEBANESE ARF PARTY MEMBERS CONSIDER COUNTRY GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTEMPTUOUS ATTITUDE TOWARDS ARMENIAN COMMUNITY
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Sept 07 2006
BEIRUT, SEPTEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The ARF
Dashnaktsutiun Lebanese Central Committee considers ignoring of the
Lebanese Armenian community’s demand, thus, not involving Turkish
forces in the UN peace-keeping mission "an evident contempt towards one
of the seven main communities of Lebanon." According to the September
5 statement of ARF Central Committee of Lebanon, the above-mentioned
event shakes the community oath which is the basis of Lebanon as well
as impede efforts of strengthening the national unity the start of
which is all parties’ participation in decisions of national content.
"The Government of Lebanon ignored calls of all authorities and
representatives of the Lebanese Armenians as well as messages of
complaint on this occasion of Aram I Catholicos of the Great House of
Cilicia, the Lebanese Armenians’ three religious compessions leaders
and three Armenian parties," is said in the document published by the
"Azdak" Armenian daily of Beirut. In Lebanese ARF members’ words,
"all the statements made by government sources may not justify the
Government’s unfair attitude towards the Armenian community: factually,
the Government fostered a direction, ignoring Lebanese Armenians’
posture refusing placing of Turkish forces in Lebanon with principal,
moral and political argumentations. "The Government is responsible
for this injustice and contemptuous attitude towards the Armenian
community. Lebanese Armenians will continue to demand proofreading
of this weighty mistake made towards the whole community," the ARF
Lebanese Central Committee states.