16 June 2005
12:12
A large group of Armenians living in Beirut protested Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is visiting Lebanon, by burning Turkish flags, the protest concerned the Armenian 'Genocide'...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who arrived on Wednesday in Lebanon to attend Arab Economic Forum, was protested by a group from the Armenian Community, which is the largest in the Arab world with an estimated 120.000 people. During the protest, which was staged in the Bourj Hammoud Region of eastern Beirut, the Armenian protesters burned the Turkish flag and chanted slogans calling for recognition of the Armenian 'Genocide'. Also according to correspondents they carried pictures of the Turkish PM with the slogan "Animals are not welcome" and pictures depicting him as Pinocchio. The Lebanese government recently adopted a resolution condemming the Armenian 'Genocide' and the protestors called on the Lebanese government to take this into account in its relations with Turkey. The Greek Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant churches in Lebanon also joined in the call for Lebanon to mention the Armenian Genocide to the Turkish PM.
12:12
A large group of Armenians living in Beirut protested Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is visiting Lebanon, by burning Turkish flags, the protest concerned the Armenian 'Genocide'...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who arrived on Wednesday in Lebanon to attend Arab Economic Forum, was protested by a group from the Armenian Community, which is the largest in the Arab world with an estimated 120.000 people. During the protest, which was staged in the Bourj Hammoud Region of eastern Beirut, the Armenian protesters burned the Turkish flag and chanted slogans calling for recognition of the Armenian 'Genocide'. Also according to correspondents they carried pictures of the Turkish PM with the slogan "Animals are not welcome" and pictures depicting him as Pinocchio. The Lebanese government recently adopted a resolution condemming the Armenian 'Genocide' and the protestors called on the Lebanese government to take this into account in its relations with Turkey. The Greek Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant churches in Lebanon also joined in the call for Lebanon to mention the Armenian Genocide to the Turkish PM.
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