Armenian president visits Armenian University in Lebanon

During the second day of his official visit to Lebanon, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan visited the Armenian University.This is the only Armenian higher school outside Armenia, the Tert.am correspondent reports from Lebanon.Serzh Sargsyan is the first Armenian president hosted by the university. The Armenian leader noted that being hosted by the only Armenian higher school outside Armenia and delivering a speech there is an extraordinary and binding experience.In his speech, President Serzh Sargsyan spoke of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and reminded the attendees that the Nagorno-Karabakh people has never put up with the Soviet authorities' illegal decision to subjugate Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan and, after the USSR's collapse, with attempts to suppress its will to live free."Negotiations have been held for about two decades, but we have not signed a peace agreement for the only reason that Azerbaijan is not ready for settling the conflict by means of compromi se. The oil revenues have turned the Azerbaijani leadership's head and given them illusions about a military settlement of the conflict," the Armenian leader said.Azerbaijan's authorities are wasting millions on armaments, rejecting any proposals for cooperation and dialogue, he said.President Serzh Sargsyan also answered the students' questions. He singled out the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and admission of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey as foreign policy challenges.He reminded the students that, in 2009, when the Armenian-Turkish protocols were signed, many Armenians, including representatives of the Armenian community in Lebanon, were strongly objecting to the documents as anti-Armenian ones."Now they are asking why Turkey has not so far ratified them," the Armenian leader said.   Read more... (263 words)

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