Kataeb Party chief MP Sami Gemayel met Friday with the Special Envoy of the Russian President to the Middle East and African countries, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov.
During the meeting, they discussed major issued on the Lebanese scene, stressing the need to protect Lebanon from the repercussions of the regional turmoil, and help the State rise and play its role so as to prevent the country’s collapse.
Talks also tackled the issue of the refugees, where both officials agreed on the need move forward with this file to reach the end, regardless of the fate of the political process in Syria and to lift the burden off Lebanon.
Gemayel and the accompanying delegation also visited the Russian State Duma where he met with the officials concerned with the Middle East dossier and tackled with them "the situation of Christians in the East, the need to protect their presence within the framework of international legitimacy and to strengthen their role away from the game of axes and alliances that could pose a danger on their presence."