ARF CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF LEBANON ISSUES STATEMENT
Yerkir
17.08.2006 14:26
YEREVAN (YERKIR) – Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF)
Central Committee of Lebanon discussed at its August 16 meeting the
developments following the adoption of the United Nations Resolution
1701 and issued a relevant statement.
The participants of the meeting underscored the human and material
damage caused by the recent Israeli attacks on Lebanon and the spirit
of unity of the Lebanese in defending their lands, rights and dignity.
The party welcomed the heroism in resisting the adversary.
The CC of Lebanon also welcomed the UN Resolution 1701.
Regarding the presence of international forces to be deployed in the
region, the CC confirmed that inclusion of troops of any country should
be approved by all the Lebanese and political forces of the country.
The CC reiterated the Lebanese Armenian community’s opposition to
inclusion of Turkish troops in the forces to be deployed in southern
Lebanon, expressing hope that the Lebanese government too would resist
the idea of the presence of the Turkish army in Lebanon. Turkey,
during its black history, has been an enemy of many nations, including
the annexation of a part of Cyprus.
Turkey has had a bloody past with many massacres, and among them
the Armenian Genocide, still denied by the Turkish government. Not
mentioning the military agreement with Israel that constitutes a
threat to the peace process in the region.
Everybody knows that Lebanon did not stay away from the Ottoman
Empire’s tyranny facing Turkish violence; exploitation, starvation and
slaughter when Turkey opposed everyone who wished to live in freedom
and independence. Turkey applied to measures that have nothing to do
with humanity.
Turkey should revise its past before sending peacekeepers.
The approval of a UN resolution that envisages a presence of the
Turkish army in the international forces to be deployed in Lebanon
is a step that offences the collective memory of the Armenian people.
ARF Central Committee of Lebanon August 16, 2006 Beirut