The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora receives the Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon in Damascus Details: The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Assad Hassan Al-Shaybani, received the Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon Tarek Mitri and his accompanying delegation at the Tishreen Palace in Damascus. The meeting was attended by the Ministers of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Marwan Al-Halabi, the Minister of Education, Mohamed Abdel-Rahman Turco, and Welfare and Labor, Hind Kabawat. The visit comes as part of the ongoing relations between the two countries, a continuation of previous talks and the continuation of the work of the joint committees that were established to handle various cases. Bilateral meetings have begun between ministers and their counterparts to handle joint cases according to specialization, allowing a transition from general addresses to discussion of the required executive procedures. At the top of the agenda of the visit is the file of Syrian displaced persons and the ways of their return, in addition to a group of administrative, social and educational issues related to their presence in Lebanon.