OREANDA-NEWS. On May 13, a telephone conversation between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergey Lavrov, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, took place at the Egyptian side’s initiative.

Aboul Gheit congratulated Lavrov on his reappointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The ministers discussed in detail the situation in Lebanon. Aboul Gheit informed Lavrov of the Arab League Foreign Ministers’ emergency meeting held in Cairo on May 11.

There was stated on our side a position in support of the Arab League efforts to expeditiously halt confrontation and violence in Lebanon and to get the Lebanese parties back on the track to a national dialogue to find a consensus solution to Lebanon’s acute problems.