View of BeirutNABATHIA, Mar 19 Most Lebanese do not share the position of the Lebanese Foreign Ministry condemning the actions Russia in Ukraine. Citizens of the countries of the Middle East are well aware of how the United States and NATO are able to incite wars at their discretion, Asaad Diya, chairman of the Assembly of Russian-Lebanese business circles, told RIA Novosti. support for Russia and a special denazification operation in Ukraine.A protest rally was held in Sofia against the supply of weapons to Ukraine»I can confirm that the majority of Lebanese are against this position (the Lebanese Foreign Ministry). Some citizens do not talk about their position because their children study in Ukraine, for example. But for political reasons, we all support decision of Russia. Because we in Lebanon, in Syria and in the Middle East as a whole have already suffered from the actions of the United States and NATO. They have always found pretexts to simply start wars. At the same time, we know that Russia has never started a war, it has always This position is in our blood,» he said. Also on Saturday, members of the Assembly of Russian-Lebanese business circles organized a socio-political rally with speeches by well-known public figures and representatives of the Assembly. The speakers expressed their solidarity with the position of Russia, stating that The official position of the Lebanese Foreign Ministry, which condemned the special operation in Ukraine, does not correspond to the opinion and position of the majority of Lebanese.
Demonstrations took place in Rome and Pisa against sending weapons to Ukraine. On February 24, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning Russia's actions in Ukraine, calling them an «invasion», and called on Moscow to immediately stop hostilities. On Saturday, Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bouhabib said in an interview with the Nida al-Watan newspaper that Lebanon stands for the observance of the basic principles of international law in the Ukrainian crisis. The statement of the Lebanese Foreign Ministry was condemned by representatives of the Lebanese diaspora in Moscow, the country's largest Christian party, the Free Patriotic Movement. And the Minister of Labor of Lebanon, in turn, said that the stated position was not agreed with the government. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. Russia used «Dagger» in Ukraine, provocation in Lvov
