PAKRADOUNIAN : ALLIES’ VISITS TO TURKEY DISRESPECT LEBANESE ARMENIANS

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March 23 2010
Lebanon

BEIRUT- Change and Reform bloc MP Hagop Pakradounian said on Monday
in an interview with An-Nour radio station that some allies do not
respect the feelings of Armenian in Lebanon by visiting Turkey,
a possible reference to Speaker Nabih Berri.

The speaker traveled to Ankara on Monday for a state visit and met
with the Turkish president, prime minister and speaker.

"Lebanon should boycott the upcoming Arab League Summit in Libya", he
said. Several Senior Shia figures, including Speaker Nabih Berri, have
voiced their objection to Lebanon attending the summit, blaming Libya
for Shia leader Imam Moussa Sadr’s disappearance over 30 years ago.

Pakradounian also said that he does not have a problem with postponing
the municipal elections scheduled for June for two months in order
to implement the reforms proposed by the draft municipal electoral
approved by the cabinet.