Foreign and Expatriates Ministry: Deputy Prime Minister, #Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid #al-Moallem to hold a press #conference with #Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury #Borisov and Russian #Foreign #Minister Sergey #Lavrov at about 04:00 p.m. #today.

#President #Bashar #al-Assad during talks with #Russian #President #Vladimir #Putin via #video conferencing #technique: The largest part of #refugees are #willing to #return to #Syria after the state has created the #appropriate #conditions for that, and we hope that the #Refugees #Return #Conference will come up with #significant #results.

#President #al-Assad: The #Int'l #Conference on #Refugees #Return is just the #beginning of #solving this #humanitarian #issue.

#President #al-Assad: The #issue of #refugees is a #humanitarian issue for us, for you, and for many #states, but for us, it is a #national #issue and the #Int'l #Conference on #Refugees #Return is just the #beginning of #solving this #humanitarian #issue.

#President #Putin: #Russia #supports holding #International #conference on #refugees, and the #Russian #delegation will be one of the #largest participating #delegations.

#President #Bashar #al-Assad delivers a #speech via video at the #opening of the Int’l #Conference on #Return of #Refugees which is being #held at the #Umayyad #Palace for Conferences in #Damascus.

#Lavrov during his #Annual #Press #Conference: #Washington and its #allies used #coronavirus pandemic to #increase means of #pressure, and to impose #more #sanctions on several #states.