Middle East states most unsafe for Armenian Diaspora

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian community is a part of Lebanon. It's engaged in the public and political life of this country, RA Ambassador to Lebanon Vahan Ter-Ghevondyan told a news conference in Yerevan.



"Armenian media's covering of events taking place in the Middle East doesn't meet Armenia's interests. Instead of furnishing unprejudiced information, some Armenian media are copying the western cliches describing the conflicting groupings in Lebanon as terrorists and fundamentalists. This is incomprehensible, since these "terrorists" have seats in the parliament and control the army and a part of Lebanon's territory," Amd. Ter-Ghevondyan said.



"The Middle East states are the most unsafe for the Armenian Diaspora. "The situation in region is very tensed. That is why we should be extremely cautious to prevent mass outflows of Armenians," he said.



For his part, Shahan Kankhadaryan, the editor-in-chief of Beirut-based Azdak newspaper, said the Armenian community in Lebanon feels safe enough at the moment. "Some leave for the United States and Canada, but they are mostly young people, who doesn't have the possibility to get education and job," he said.



The Armenian community of Lebanon counts 100 thousand people. Several Armenians were slightly injured in a blast that killed Antoine Ghanem recently.