Lebanon’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow on Friday evening, killing over 100 people and injuring many more.
In a statement on Saturday, the ministry declared “Lebanon’s solidarity with Russia,” stressing “the importance of bringing the assailants to justice and inflicting fair punishment on them so that they may serve as an example to others.”
Several leading figures on the Lebanese political scene also spoke out in the wake of this attack, the deadliest in Moscow for at least a decade, which the Islamic State claimed.
Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt condemned the attack in a message sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. Joumblatt, a friend of the Kremlin, stated that “this brutal attack aims to destabilize Russia and confirms once again that terrorism knows no limits or deterrence.” He also expressed his solidarity with the Russian people.
For his part, former Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, strongly condemned “the terrorist attack that struck Moscow.” “All my solidarity goes to the Russian people and President Vladimir Putin,” he wrote on his X account.
In addition, the leader of the Lebanese Forces, Samir Geagea, affirmed that “the fight against terrorism requires the greatest global solidarity to eradicate it, as it is the number one enemy of humanity and civilization” in a posting on the X platform.
For his part, the Independence Movement leader, Michel Moawad, contacted the Russian ambassador to Beirut, Alexander Rodakov, to offer his condolences, insisting on “the need to coordinate international efforts to confront terrorism.”
