"We hope today's lifting of the Israeli blockade - both in the air and at sea - will improve the situation and allow us to provide assistance more rapidly to Lebanon in rebuilding its destroyed infrastructure," Sergei Lavrov told journalists.
Israel said Wednesday it was lifting the blockade and international forces would have to prevent arms shipments to Lebanon. The blockade was imposed shortly after Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon began on July 12 following the seizure of two Israeli soldiers by fighters from radical group Hizbollah.
Lavrov said Russia had proposed sending combat engineers to Lebanon to help it restore the infrastructure destroyed during the war.
"We have proposed that the Lebanese government consider our offer of assistance from the Russian army's combat engineering units to restore the bridges the country needs today," he said after a meeting with the Lebanese premier, adding that consultations on the issue would begin soon.
"We will offer concrete assistance in rebuilding the infrastructure - roads and bridges," the foreign minister said. "But we have to understand the plans that the Lebanese government has and how our means could meet their demands."
Russia has already provided $2 million worth of aid to Lebanon during the crisis, when it sent four aircraft with goods requested by the Lebanese government to Cyprus, where they were passed on to UN workers, who delivered them to Lebanon.
Lavrov said Russia could provide financial aid through such UN structures as the World Food Program, the World Health Organization and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
"We can send to Lebanon substantial funds that Russia allocates to these structures, in accordance with existing regulations," Lavrov said.
Russia is also considering participation in the international peacekeeping force in Lebanon, the Foreign Ministry earlier said.
