Ambassador highlights the role of Armenian MPs at Lebanese parliament

Panorama, Armenia
Feb 7 2019

The Speaker of the Armenian parliament Ararat Mirzoyan received on Thursday of the Ambassador of Lebanon to Armenia Maya Dagher. As the parliament press service reports, highly assessing the current level of the two countries' friendly relations, Ararat Mirzoyan underlined the important role of Lebanon's Armenian community in the political, public life of the country, as well as in deepening of bilateral relations. The Speaker noted that the Parliamentary Friendship Group is formed in the newly elected legislative body and most of the newly elected deputies are concerned over the strengthening of the relations with Lebanon.

Maya Dagher, in turn, attached importance to the role of the Armenian community and the six Armenian MPs in the Lebanese Parliament and two ministers. Maya Dagher also emphasized the two peoples' centuries-old and firm friendship and expressed readiness for promoting the steps to be taken in enlivening of the activity of the Parliamentary Friendship Groups and the expansion of the two countries' cooperation.

The sides touched upon the development of democracy, the protection of human rights and freedoms, the improvement of the legislative field and other issues of bilateral interest, the release said.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS