IN HRANT MARGARIAN’S WORDS, LEBANESE ARMENIANS CONTINUE KEEPING
TRADITIONAL POSITION OF POSITIVE NEUTRALITY
YEREVAN, JANUARY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. The Lebanese Armenians did not take
part in the collisions taken place recently in that country. ARF
Bureau representative Hrant Margarian stated about it at the January
29 press conference. In his words, being a minority at the Lebanese
Parliament, the Armenian deputies’ group continues keeping in that
country the traditional position of positive neutrality.
Touching upon the fact of presence of the Armenian Tricoloured at the
demonstrations and marches being held in Lebanese, Hrant Margarian
mentioned that the local Armenian population waves the Armenian flag
even during the football games, irrespective of the fact, teams of
what country take part in the given game.
As for straining of the situation in Lebanon, H.Margarian expressed
his anxiety concerning the Armenian community’s fate in that
country. To recap, few people died recently in Beirut as a result of
collisions of the opposing and pro-ruling forces.