Murr Meets Tashnag Delegation: We Restored Our Historic Relation
Tashnag Party MP Hagop Pakradounian on Thursday stressed that the relation between his party and MP Michel Murr was more than a mere political alliance, describing it as a “deep friendship at the national and political levels.”
For his part, Murr noted that the relation “went through some bumps” during the 2009 parliamentary elections, describing the rift as “a summer’s day cloud.”
Following talks with a Tashnag delegation comprising Pakradounian, head of the executive committee Hovik Mikhtarian and executive committee member Mardik Boghossian, Murr said the meeting “tackled essential topics, whether at the Lebanese domestic level or concerning the developments in the region and their repercussions on the Lebanese arena, and it was a normal thing to evaluate the developments around us.”
“The long-running relation that began in 1960 has always been a brotherly, familial and political one and we had the same stances during the political and electoral occasions,” Murr added.
“The cloud has passed and it was not the result of the party’s will or their own decision, but rather the result of external pressures exerted on the party at more than one level,” the MP noted. “But we know that their hearts were with us and that the relation was never severed, and anyhow we have overcome today the past events,” he added.
Murr said the Tashnag delegation “admitted to committing mistakes,” noting that he discussed the issue of the 2013 parliamentary elections with his visitors but not the possible alliances.
“We have triumphed over the past and restored our historic relation, and when the time comes to raise political issues and other topics we will speak with one voice,” the veteran lawmaker added.
Pakradounian said the delegation visited Murr to stress the importance of the bilateral relation “regardless of the small details.”
“The objective is to give emphasis to this continuous cooperation, solid relation and friendship through unified political action and stances, in order to reassure people and the country, especially (Northern) Metn residents, that the relation is still the same, whether in politics or in other issues,” Pakradounian added.
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