NEW DIPLOMAT TO LEBANON

Panorama.am
16:14 15/05/2008

In the nearest future the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia sends
a diplomat to Lebanon reported Armen Melqonyan, the head of Near and
Middle East department in a press conference today.

According to him the decision is connected with the critical conditions
in Lebanon. "Lebanon Armenians are not under threat. And there is
no panic there," said Melqonyan. Armenians who have visited Lebanon
recently applied to the Embassy asking to support them to return back,
he said.

"Hundreds of Armenian citizens live in Lebanon and hundreds of
other Armenians live and work there having signed contracts," said
Melqonyan. The foreign inhabitants of Lebanon are not going to leave
the country as the situation is to be smoothened after Arabian League
has taken the initiative to support.

According to the ministry representative Armenia should not interrupt
the inner political life of any country but if Armenians citizens
and not only they are under threat then the peace of the regional
countries is under threat.