Lebanese President Michel Aoun affirmed today, Friday, that Lebanon is no longer able to bear the burdens caused by the continued Syrian exodus to Lebanon.

President Aoun told the Vice President of the European Commission, Margaritis Scaenas, that “Lebanon is no longer able to bear the burdens caused by the continued Syrian exodus to Lebanon,” according to the Lebanese Presidency website.

Aoun called on the European Union to work to facilitate the return of displaced Syrians to Syrian safe areas.