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The Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between Russia and Lebanon has not met since 2018.
Russia and Lebanon have agreed to resume the work of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation, which has not met since 2018, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The minister emphasized that it is important for countries to pay attention to the economic sphere of cooperation.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks with Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raji. The parties discussed the situation in the Persian Gulf, Syria and Palestine, focusing on Israeli actions preventing the creation of a Palestinian state.

The Russian sailor, who was part of the crew of the Sea Owl I tanker detained in March, left Sweden after the completion of the contract. At the moment, there are no Russian citizens on board the ship; the crew consists of Georgian citizens.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raji discussed the prospects for maintaining UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon after 2026.

The European Union has imposed sanctions against 1,569 Russian individuals and organizations associated with the military-industrial complex. The list includes 826 legal entities and 743 individuals, including shipbuilding, aviation and space industry enterprises. The restrictions came into force on October 12.

Swedish authorities have released the tanker Sea Owl 1, which was detained in March. The Russian Ambassador to Stockholm, Sergei Belyaev, said that this confirms that there are no compelling reasons to seize the ship.

Europe may provoke Ukraine to take steps that will interfere with the implementation of agreements between Russia and the United States, said Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik.