Future Movement leader former Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks on Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi.
The meeting was reportedly attended by Hariri's adviser Nader Hariri, his adviser for Russian affairs George Shaaban, Putin's foreign affairs aide Yuri Ushakov and Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov.
According to a statement issued by Hariri's office, the talks featured high over “the latest developments in Lebanon and in the region, mainly in Syria, Iraq and Yemen.”