Caretaker Minister of Social Affairs and Tourism Ramzi Mecharrafieh held on Friday a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy for settlement affairs in Syria Alexander Lavrentiev on the sidelines of the Syria international conference on the return of refugees in Damascus.
Mecharrafieh also met with Syrian ministers whereby he noted that "it is very important for the international conference on the return of refugees to be held on Syrian soil.”
“The main reason for the displacement was the security situation in Syria. Today, with the absence of this reason, there is no justification for the lingering of any refugees and displaced persons outside their homeland,” he stressed.