Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil and Russian Ambassador to Lebanon, Alexander Zasypkin, discussed on Monday the upcoming visit of President Michel Aoun to Russia.
In remarks following the meeting, Zasypkin said: “Discussions have touched on the preparations for the visit of President Michel Aoun to Russia. The date of the visit will be announced soon.”
According to the ambassador, the Lebanese president’s meetings in Moscow would be an “important platform for developing Russian-Lebanese cooperation in all fields.”
“We stressed the need to intensify political dialogue between the two countries to find peaceful solutions to the conflicts in the region, to cleanse the atmosphere and rule out new escalation, and to strengthen efforts to provide assistance for the return of the displaced by the international community,” he said.
Asked about the Russian initiative for the displaced, the Russian ambassador said: “As I have made clear before, Russia is doing a lot of work inside Syria, with regards to the provision of proper conditions and reconstruction works. We call on all the parties to participate in that process, but the position of Western countries is now clear.”
