DESPITE OSTENTATIOUS HOSTILITY, TURKEY AND ISRAEL MAINTAIN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

PanARMENIAN.Net
12.01.2010 15:49 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Lebanese delegation headed by Prime Minister Saad
Hariri is on a visit to Ankara.

As Shahan Kandaharian, Editor-in-Chief of Beirut-based Aztag newspaper
told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the Lebanese Premier met his Turkish
counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.

"The visit followed recent Turkey -Syria high-level meetings and
decision on common strategy development. Earlier, official Ankara
stated that Lebanon and Jordan should join the common strategic
program," Shahan Kandaharian emphasized.

A number of bilateral agreements were signed during Hariri’s visit to
Ankara. Besides, the countries cancelled the visa regime, similarly
to Turkey and Syria.

According to Shahan Kandaharian, rigid statements of Turkish Premier
addressed to Israel are part of Ankara’s policy, aimed at establishing
closer relations with Arab states.

"Still, we mustn’t forget that Despite ostentatious hostility, Turkey
and Israel maintained strategic partnership," he noted.

Aztag Daily is the official newspaper of the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation Dashnaktsutyun in Lebanon. Aztag Daily has been published
since March 5, 1927.