Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc Delegation Visit to Moscow: Mutual Cooperation on Road
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Loyalty to the Resistance bloc headed by MP Mohammad Raad concluded Wednesday its first day of official visit to the Russian Capital, Moscow, upon the invitation of the Duma Group on Relations with Middle Eastern Parliaments.
The delegation held a series of meetings, the most important of which was with Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachyov.
According to Russian media sources, Kosachyov welcomed the Lebanese delegation and wished for the development of relations between Lebanon and Russia, which serves the interest of the Lebanese and Russian peoples.
Kosachyov reminded of "Russia's constant principles on the current regional issues and developments, and reiterated Russia's rejection of any foreign interference in the affairs of regional states."
"The Hizbullah delegation will discuss with Russian officials the Lebanese local situation, including the developments concerning the Special Tribunal for Lebanon," "as-Safir" newspaper reported.
Russian ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin told "an-Nahar" newspaper that "we participated in funding STL, but we are against politicizing the tribunal."
Concerning the visit of a Hizbullah delegation to Russia, Zasypkin said that the Russian parliament had invited the delegation long time ago.
"We consider it as an important event in the relations between Lebanon and Russia. The delegation is discussing critical political issues in the Middle East," the ambassador stated.
The parliamentary bloc was headed by MP Mohammed Raad accompanied by MPs Hassan Fadlallah and Nawwar Sahili.
The delegation is set to hold talks with Russian deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov on Thursday as part of its three-day visit.
Loyalty to the Resistance bloc headed by MP Mohammad Raad concluded Wednesday its first day of official visit to the Russian Capital, Moscow, upon the invitation of the Duma Group on Relations with Middle Eastern Parliaments.
The delegation held a series of meetings, the most important of which was with Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachyov.
According to Russian media sources, Kosachyov welcomed the Lebanese delegation and wished for the development of relations between Lebanon and Russia, which serves the interest of the Lebanese and Russian peoples.
Kosachyov reminded of "Russia's constant principles on the current regional issues and developments, and reiterated Russia's rejection of any foreign interference in the affairs of regional states."
"The Hizbullah delegation will discuss with Russian officials the Lebanese local situation, including the developments concerning the Special Tribunal for Lebanon," "as-Safir" newspaper reported.
Russian ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin told "an-Nahar" newspaper that "we participated in funding STL, but we are against politicizing the tribunal."
Concerning the visit of a Hizbullah delegation to Russia, Zasypkin said that the Russian parliament had invited the delegation long time ago.
"We consider it as an important event in the relations between Lebanon and Russia. The delegation is discussing critical political issues in the Middle East," the ambassador stated.
The parliamentary bloc was headed by MP Mohammed Raad accompanied by MPs Hassan Fadlallah and Nawwar Sahili.
The delegation is set to hold talks with Russian deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov on Thursday as part of its three-day visit.
The delegation is due to visit the council of Muslims in European Russia and the Foreign Ministry, and will also give lectures at Moscow universities.
The group on Wednesday met Constantin Kosachyov, the head of the Russian parliament's lower house's international affairs committee, which invited the group.
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