Bassil: International community must cease encouraging Syrians to stay in Lebanon
26 نيسان 2018 16:29
The international community must cease encouraging the Syrian refugees to stay in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said after the end of a Cabinet session held at Baabda Palace on Thursday.
Commenting on Brussels conference, Bassil said the UNHCR report "scared Syrians of returning to Syria."
"Such conduct is suspicious," he considered.
"The international community must cease encouraging Syrians to stay in Lebanon instead of returning to Syria," he stressed.
"We want to preserve our Lebanese identity," he added.
Bassil mainly objected to the "voluntary and temporary" repatriation of the displaced, stated during the conference.