Syrian ambassador: 89% of refugees want to return to Syria
Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul Karim Ali announced Friday after meeting caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib that “it is in the interest of Lebanon and Syria to integrate, even if major world powers are pressing in the opposite direction.”
Lauding the stance of President Michel Aoun, the government, Bou Habib and the other ministers regarding the repatriation of refugees to Syria, Ali noted that “the Syrians want to return and they will be safer in Syria than in Lebanon.”
“The (Syrian) state has offered them all facilitations to encourage them to return,” the ambassador added, noting that “according to U.N. surveys, more than 89% of refugees want to return” to their country, the ambassador went on to say.
Source: Naharnet
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