Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has arrived yesterday in Lebanon and is expected to visit the Maronite Patriarch as well as visit the Antiochian Orthodox Church and the Lebanese preident among others.

I am acting as the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, not as a political leader, a diplomat, or a political ambassador. My main concern in connection with the events taking place in the Middle East is the situation of Christians," Patriarch Kirill said while answering an Arab journalist's question about his attitude toward the decision made by the League of Arab States on Syria at a briefing at the Beirut airport