President Michel Aoun met on Wednesday with US Senator, Richard Black, and discussed with him the general situation and local and regional developments, as well as the issue of Syrian refugee crisis, and US-Lebanese relations.
President Aoun stressed Lebanon's position, calling for facilitating the return of the Syrian refugees to safe areas in their motherland, without linking this return to a political solution.
Aoun also deemed the Russian initiative an opportunity to organize the return of Syrians, noting that the international community must cooperate in order to facilitate this process.