January 29, 2014 - 13:13 AMT
Lebanon to issue stamp in memory of Armenian Genocide victims

Lebanese Caretaker Minister of Telecommunications Nicolas Sehnaoui announced Tuesday, Jan 28, the commission of a stamp to honor the memory of the 1915 Armenian Genocide victims, The Daily Star reports.

Lebanon has a large and vocal Armenian community with around 200,000 Lebanese of Armenian origin in the country, a result of forced displacement after the partition of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the World War I.

Last April saw over 10,000 Armenians rallying in Downtown Beirut on the 98th anniversary of the Genocide.

The stamp depicts a drawing of a statue honoring Armenian martyrs found in Bikfaya, a small town and one of Lebanon’s most popular resorts.

The stamp will be in circulation in a month's time.

Photo: The Daily Star