ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MET WITH LEBANON'S AMBASSADOR TO RA

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.