PanArmenian News
March 14 2005
ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MET WITH LEBANON’S AMBASSADOR TO RA
14.03.2005 07:42
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsian met with
Lebanon’s Ambassador to Armenia Zhebrail Butros Zhaar, RA Defense
Ministry press service reports. The Minister condoled on the
assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Al-Hariri. `We
have experienced the consequences of terrorism and perceive the
gravity of your loss. I am convinced that the life of the people will
return to the course of nature’, Serge Sargsian noted. The Lebanese
diplomat thanked the Armenian Minister for the condolences expressed
and noted that the Armenian people lost a big friend in the person of
Rafik Al-Hariri. When commenting on the situation in Lebanon Zhebrail
Butros Zhaar asked Serge Sargsian to discuss the issue of sending a
group of combat engineers to Lebanon. The parties also considered the
issues of regional security.