Report: Medvedev in Lebanon Next Month

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to visit Beirut next month, Central News Agency reported.

The agency quoted diplomatic sources as saying that Medvedev would visit the Lebanese capital in January in response to an invitation from President Michel Suleiman.

The same sources said that Lebanon would receive 31 Russian tanks and 6 helicopters during Medvedev’s visit to Beirut.