Kabardino-Balkarian president addressed Russian Ministry of Foreign  Affairs with request to receive Circassian refugees from Lebanon 

At the meeting with the heads of the organizations (members of the Circassian national organization "Adyghe Khase" from Turkey, Jordan, Syria and the USA arrived to Kabardino-Balkaria for participation in the session of the council of the International Circassian Association) the president of Kabardino-Balkaria Arsen Kanokov declared about his readiness to assist Circassians living in Lebanon. IА REGNUM correspondent was informed that in the press-service of the president.

Kanokov told representatives of the foreign Diaspora that he had already addressed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia with request to assist in resettlement of his compatriots from Adygeyan Diaspora of Lebanon, who were wishing to return on their historical native land. In Lebanon (as well as in some other countries of the Near East) Circassians live since the time of the Russian-Caucasian war of the XIX century, during which a significant part of the people was forced to emigrate from the historical native land.

Note: during the Balkan crisis from the territory of the former Yugoslavia to Adygeya about 200 Circassians (Adygs) compactly lived there before, went.