ARMENIA ALMOST READY FOR LEBANON MINE CLEAR-UP

Bahrain News Agency, Bahrain
Sept 29 2006

Yerevan Sept. 29 (BNA)– Armenian foreign affairs minister Vartan
Oskanian announced his country’s conditional readiness to participate
in clearing Lebanon from mines.

He said in a statement today this his country will only do so if
Israel submits the mine fields map and when conditions in Lebanon
are stable. Armenias participation with unifil forces in Lebanon is
still on its agenda, Oskanian affirmed as he emphasised his countrys
intention to join the forces.