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Lebanese President invited to attend Armenian Genocide commemoration events

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 13:47,

YEREVAN, APRIL 16, ARMENPRESS. Lebanon's President Michel Aoun has received an invitation to visit Armenia on the 24th of April and attend the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day events in Yerevan.

The invitation was conveyed by Armenia’s Ambassador to Lebanon Vahagn Atabekyan, the Lebanese presidency reported.

Lebanon is among the nearly 30 countries which have officially recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide.

15:30 UPDATE: The National News Agency of Lebanon reported that Aoun will not be able to visit Armenia and instead instructed the Minister of Youth and Sport Vartine Ohanian to attend the commemoration events. 

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

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