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A final statement, issued at the end of the visit, said both sides stressed their
determination to consolidate relations between the two countries as well as between
the institutions, and to follow-up the implementation of agreements signed during the
visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Lebanon as well as Hariri’s visit to
Tehran.
The statement said Iran supported national unity and stability in Lebanon along with
coexistence as a model for the democracy in the country.
After the meeting with Khamenei, Hariri and the accompanying Lebanese delegation
held an expanded session of talks with Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad-Reza
Rahimi at Saadabad Complex, followed by the inking of nine memorandums of
understanding for cooperation in social, cultural, labor and educational affairs.
At a joint news conference with Rahimi, Hariri said the political results of his visit were
“good and useful because they again highlighted the common principles on which the
relations of both countries are founded and has proved beyond any doubt that Iran is a
friendly state with good intentions toward Lebanon.”
“In the name of the national unity Cabinet that represents all the Lebanese, we express
a united Lebanese will to establish warm and strong ties with the Islamic Republic via the
relevant institutions of both countries,” Hariri added.
The premier said matters were heading in the right direction regarding a disputed UNbacked
tribunal looking into the assassination of his slain father, former Prime Minister
Rafik Hariri, as he highlighted the role of Saudi-Syrian efforts and inter-Lebanese
dialogue.
“Things are going in the right direction and under two huge umbrellas: the umbrella of
the Lebanese national dialogue which will not stop between Lebanese leaders despite
the tense rhetoric, and Syrian-Saudi auspices of continuous efforts to remedy the
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