Russian Foreign Minister To Discuss Middle East With Lebanese Counterpart On Monday

Russian Foreign Minister to Discuss Middle East With Lebanese Counterpart on Monday

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold talks with his Lebanese counterpart Gebran Bassil over a number of international issues in Moscow on Monday.

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 20th August, 2018) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold talks with his Lebanese counterpart Gebran Bassil over a number of international issues in Moscow on Monday.

The talks will revolve around the current developments in the middle East, particularly on the Syrian crisis and the Russia-initiated activities on the return of Syrian refugees. Both Moscow and Beirut actively cooperate on the return as the latter suffers from the overflow of Syrian migrants, hosting around 1 million refugees.

Moreover, the sides are set to coordinate their agendas on the string of international issues of mutual interests and discuss the expansion of bilateral cooperation.