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Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil (L) meets with Russian President's Special Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev at the Lebanese Foreign Ministry in Beirut, Lebanon, on June 19, 2019. Russian President's Special Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev on Wednesday vowed to exert efforts to secure the international community's funding for the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland from Lebanon. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)