The Near East has always been the center of the Armenian Diaspora. Armenians who survived the Genocide in 1915 found shelter here. The Armenian community of Lebanon is one of the oldest and weighty ones throughout the Diaspora. Shahan Kandaharian, the Editor-in-Chief of Azdak Beirut-based newspaper, comments to PanARMENIAN.Net on the life of the community and situation in Lebanon.

Armenian foreign policy is aimed at both establishing good-neighbor relations with the countries in the region and long term constructive relations with European structures. Here a special place occupies the process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. The RA FM Vartan Oskanian shared his views with PanARMENIAN.Net concerning perspectives of negotiation process in near future.