Al-Hariri in Moscow

The Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri starts today an official visit to Russia which will last for three days during which he will be meeting with the Russian President Vladimir Putin, the prime minister Mikhael Lsyanove, the prime minister Igore Ivanov and the mayor of Moscow as well as high ranking Russian officials and industrialists.

This visit will deal with recent international developments since the attacks of September 11 and the need that the current military campaign in Afghanistan will be coincided with intensifying the international efforts to re-launch the peace process in the region on the ground of honoring international legitimacy resolutions and UN security council resolutions as well as the Madrid conference principles on the ground of which Russia was a sponsor together with the US.