TURKEY AND PEACEKEEPING INCOMPATIBLE CONCEPTS
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.09.2006 12:39 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey and peacekeeping are incompatible concepts
and this is not only Armenian point of view, Chair of In Defense of
Liberated Territories NGO, native of Lebanon Zhirayr Sefilyan told
a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words, Lebanon has been under the
Ottoman Empire for a long time and knows well who are Turks. "Adding
to it the Turkish-Israeli alliance against the countries of the
region, it will become clear that Lebanese resistance and the people
of Lebanon will never recognize Turkey’s right for participation in
the UN peacekeeping operation," he noted.
Sefilyan underscored that instead of discussing the issue of Turkey’s
participation, Armenia should think of participation of Armenian
peacekeepers in the mission in Lebanon. "I am sure that the people
of Lebanon will take that step very positively.
Authorities say the mandate is not made clear.
Actually everything is made clear, specifically it is known that the
peacekeepers will not have a right to take part in force operations
to unarm Hezbollah.
Participation of Armenia and other friendly countries to Lebanon
will ensure that in the future Israel will not have an opportunity
to lay illegal claims against Lebanon. In case this happens and
the peacekeepers are ordered to unarm the Lebanese resistance, the
withdrawal of the Armenian contingent will be a serious support to
Lebanon," said Chair of In Defense of Liberated Territories.