`ARMENIAN SEPARATISTS DID NOT HAVE MEETINGS WITH LEBANESE OFFICIALS`
Baku, August 25 (AZERTAC). A group of Armenian separatists headed by self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Head Bako Saakyan did not hold any meetings with the Lebanese officials during their visit to the country, Azerbaijani Honorary Consul in Beirut Nazih Gassub said. The delegation led by Saakyan held meetings with the Armenian communities in the Lebanese village of Anchar, which is populated mainly by Armenians and representatives of the Armenian Church, Gassub said.
Earlier, Armenian media reported that Saakyan and his delegation met with Lebanese ministers, deputies and heads of local self-government of Armenian descent, as well as the Catholicos of Cilicia Aram I.
However, Gassub refuted the information about the official meetings of Saakyan and his delegation with the Lebanese side, referring to the Lebanese authorities` response to the official request of the Azerbaijani side.
Regarding Armenia`s information about presence of the official representation of the so-called Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in Beirut, Gassub said that there is no any agency, neither private nor official, to represent it in Lebanon.
"Lebanon officially recognizes the Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan`s territory," Gassub said.
