The lifting of the blockage against Lebanon by Israel and the UN readiness to send a peacekeeping contingent to Southern Lebanon can temporarily bring peace to the Middle East. The Armenian community of Lebanon rather actively participates in the public and political life of the country. Editor-in-chief of the Azdak, the largest Armenian newspaper of Lebanon, Shahan Kandakharyan comments on the situation in Lebanon at the instance of PanARMENIAN.Net.

The settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict seems to be far away despite the optimistic statements by the mediators made in early 2006. The meetings of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents as a matter of fact nullified the forecasts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs. By PanARMENIAN.Net's request NKR President's Aide for Foreign Policy Arman Melikian comments on the situation.