The suggestion was made during the latest Geneva meeting between the national security advisers of Russia and the United States, Lebanese political sources cited U.S. diplomatic and media reports as saying in remarks published Sunday by Kuwait's al-Anbaa newspaper.
According to the reports, the Russian forces would be stationed in the Bekaa Valley near Syria's border in order to "create a corridor for Syrian refugees whose hometowns have become safe."
The refugees would be repatriated "with Russian guarantees and in cooperation with the Syrian and Lebanese authorities," the sources said.
"The Russian side stressed its ability to convince Lebanese President
Michel Aoun...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah
...
Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as
The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
...
of this idea, knowing that he is constitutionally capable of taking the decision to allow the Russia force to enter the country for a temporary period of 90 days," the sources added.
During that period, Russia would "provide around 1,000 buses while 500 Lebanese Army trucks and 500 Syrian army trucks would be deployed to transfer belongings, with guarantees that no returnee would be tossed in the calaboose
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
," the sources went on to say.
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton however rejected the proposal and considered that such a move would "violate Leb's illusory sovereignty" at a time Washington is equipping the country's army, the sources added.