MOSCOW,
June 20. /TASS/. Lebanon expects additional support of Russia in the
fight against terrorism, Lebanon’s Finance Minister Ali Khalil said at
the meeting with Russian Federation Council lawmaker Konstantin
Kosachev.

“You backed our security forces and our army a long time ago, and now
we would like this effort to be increased and to get additional support
from you for our armed forces,” the Lebanese minister told Kosachev,
who heads the upper house’s foreign affairs committee.

Khalil said Lebanon is waging war on terrorists, including the
Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra groups in the country’s north and
east. “The Lebanese army is fighting against them almost on a daily
basis. In this regard, the army needs the support,” he said.