Caretaker Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Minister, Gebran Bassil, on Friday met at his ministerial office with visiting British Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa, Alistair Burt.
Talks between the pair reportedly touched on the current situation in Syria and the need to devise a plan for the return of displaced Syrians to their country.
Minister Burt thanked Lebanon for its position at the meeting of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Discussed also covered means of bolstering the bilateral ties between the two countries.
On the other hand, Minister Bassil met with Deputy United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Phillippe Lazzarini, who described the meeting on emerging as "very constructive."
Lazzarini affirmed United Nations' commitment to close partnership with Lebanon on the Syrian crisis. He said he informed Minister Bassil that the UN will continue to share the same strategic objective of the Lebanese government, which is to support a safe, dignified and voluntary return of displaced people to Syria.
