BEIRUT, OCTOBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with representatives of the Armenian communities in the Middle East in Beirut on October 6 as part of his pan-Armenian trip to discuss the initiative on Armenian-Turkish normalization. Yerkir Media television company reported that prior to that, a closed-door meeting of the Armenian president with Catholicos of Cilicia Aram I took place. More than 100 representatives of Armenian communities participated in the meeting of Serzh Sargsyan with community members. Aram I did not attend that meeting. The Armenian president delivered a 20-minute speech, presenting his opinion on the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations, in particular the pre-signed protocols. Then he listened to the speeches of the community representatives, each of whom made a 3-minute speech. Lebanese Armenians' mass demonstration, which began the day before, was proceeding in parallel with the meeting.

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