ENVOY – LEBANON MAINTAINS NEUTRALITY IN KARABAKH CONFLICT
Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
June 1 2007
Yerevan, 1 June: Lebanon maintains neutrality in the Nagornyy Karabakh
conflict settlement, Lebanese ambassador to Armenia Jibra’il Ji’arah
told a news conference today [1 June].
Asked about the participation of Turkish servicemen in the peacekeeping
mission in Lebanon, he experssed confidence that "Turkish servicemen
are carrying out only a peacekeeping mission and do not pose a threat
to Lebanese Armenians".
He added that "not a single Armenian has suffered during the entire
period of the military operations between Lebanon and Israel".
"I have always said that God protects Lebanese Armenians," he said.