LEBANESE NATIONAL FORCES WELCOMED POPE’S POSITION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION ISSUE

11:39, 20 April, 2015

YEREVAN, 20 APRIL, ARMENPRESS. Lebanese national forces and parties
have discussed the local, Arab and regional latest events in the
“Shaghzoyan” center.

“Armenpress” was informed about this from Lebanese “Aztag” periodical.

During the meetings it is also discussed about the 100th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide. The participants condemned the massacres
perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire, expressing their support to the
Armenian people deprived of their rights.

The participants of the meeting welcomed the Pope’s position, who
recognized the Armenian Genocide, noting that today the Ottoman
massacres are repeated in Syria by the terrorist groups, which have
the support of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The dictatorship, which wants
to be reestablished on the blood and corpses of elderly, women and
children, orchestrated by IS “Jabha he Nusra” terrorist group and
funded by the Turkish secret service networks.