Gibran Bassil: We are working with the Syrian and Iraqi regimes to facilitate the return of the refugees

Gibran Bassil: We are working with the Syrian and Iraqi regimes to facilitate the return of the refugees

Dec 06 2018

ARK News: Lebanese Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil announced that he has agreed with his Iraqi counterpart, Mohamed Ali al-Hakim, to work with the Syrian regime to open the road from Lebanon and Iraq to Syria and facilitate the return of Syrian refugees.

In a joint news conference with Hakim on Tuesday after a meeting in Baghdad Bassil said: "We discussed the issue of Syrian refugees and the need to return to their country”.

Bassil added saying: “We agreed with the Iraqi Foreign Minister to work with the Syrians to open the road from Lebanon to Syria and Iraq.

Basil also added saying: “We must have a unified address on the issue of displacement, sanctions, and reconstruction. Pointing to the need to hold a joint committee, and to translate our agreement with notes.

He continued: "No rising to our economy without resolving the crisis of Syrians displaced, we buy electricity from the Syrian regime and then we give it to the displaced free of charge.




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