TURKISH PEACEKEEPERS ARRIVED IN LEBANON
PanARMENIAN.Net
14.09.2006 16:17 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A Turkish foreign ministry delegation, accompanied
by 40 Turkish soldiers and group of experts, which will be conducting
intelligence gathering in the south, arrived in Lebanon Tuesday
as part of the forces Turkey is providing to the United Nations
peacekeeping mission.
The delegation met with the Lebanese Defense Minister and discussed
issues related to the peacekeeping effort. French soldiers also arrived
in Lebanon. They will be followed by troops from Spain, whose foreign
minister Miguel Angel Moratinos visited Lebanon and met with government
officials there. Also visiting Lebanon was Italian Defense minister
Arturo Perezzi, who was accompanied by the commander of Italian Armed
Forces, reports the Beirut-based Aztag.
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