President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, chaired a meeting devoted to discussing the file of the displaced Syrians, especially in terms of following up on the implementation of the decisions taken in previous meetings held at Baabda Palace, and the meetings of the ministerial committee that monitors this file from all its dimensions.
The meeting was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Abdullah Bou Habib, Minister of Social Affairs Hector El Hajjar, former Minister Salim Jreissati, Director General of the Presidency of the Republic Dr. Antoine Choucair, Director General of General Security Major General Abbas Ibrahim and advisors Rafic Shlala, Raymond Tarabay and Roula Nassar.
After the meeting, Minister Hajjar said: “To complement the meetings we held previously to discuss the issue of the displaced, a meeting was held today headed by His Excellency President Michel Aoun and attended by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Social Affairs, the Director General of General Security, the Director General of the Presidential Palace, and a number of His Excellency’s advisors.”
“The meeting aimed to follow up on decisions taken in previous meetings by the Ministerial Committee and during the meetings held in the Presidential Palace dealing with the issue of the displaced, and it was agreed to submit a letter this week to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the issue of the return of the displaced and Lebanon’s official position on it, and to submit a letter to the UNHCR to determine roles which are under the roof of Lebanese law, and to set a date for a meeting with it to clarify the book and follow up the mechanism of its implementation on Lebanese territory, in addition to making a decision to re-draft a study on the impact of the Syrian displacement on the economic, financial, social, environmental, health and security levels, knowing that a study on this subject was developed three years ago.”
“However, this influence must be re-examined to give us an idea of how to continue the dialogue with the international community and to clarify the burdens that Lebanon bears as a result of this displacement and the cost of these burdens.”
Source: NNA
