President of Lebanon Michel Aoun today received Maral Najarian who was released from Azerbaijani captivity. Najarian said she was held captive along with her family in Shushi and thanked President Michel Aoun for the role played in releasing her from captivity.

Lebanese-Armenian Maral Najarian, who is a citizen of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Lebanon, was captured by Azerbaijanis while she was going to Shushi to take her personal items on November 10, 2020. She returned to Lebanon on March 11.

Najarian’s return to Lebanon was made possible through the combined efforts of the Lebanese government, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun political party Lebanon Chapter’s Central Committee, the head of the Russian State Duma and Russia-based Armenians, as well as a few deputies of the National Assembly of Armenia.