Caretaker Foreign Affairs Minister Gebran Bassil met Saturday with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on head of a UNHCR delegation, with talks focusing on the issue of the Syrian refugees and their return.
Following the meeting, the Foreign Ministry issued a statement whereby it said that "Minister Bassil detected progress in the Commission's position in terms of not obstructing the return of the refugees and starting to eliminate the obstacles standing in the way of their voluntary return; in addition to developing a joint mechanism to provide safe and dignified return conditions."
"High Commissioner Grandi expressed a greater understanding of Lebanon's position on the issue of return," the statement added.
Bassil had met earlier with US Senator Richard Black, and he discussed the situation in Syria and ways to create a political dynamic push in support of refugees' return to their home country. Black voiced support to Lebanon's position in this respect.