Senior MP, Hezbollah Chief Discuss Regional Developments

Rasa - Head of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi and Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a meeting in Beirut discussed the latest regional developments.

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Date: 07 January 2017 - 22:11

RNA - During the meeting in the Lebanese capital today, Boroujerdi and Hezbollah chief exchanged views on Lebanon's developments and the Syrian crisis.

The two sides underlined the need for adopting a political solutions to the regional crises.

Boroujerdi is in Beirut at the head of a parliamentary delegation to hold talks with the senior Lebanese officials.

On December 28, Lebanon’s national unity government headed by Prime Minister Saad Hariri won a vote of confidence in parliament.

The new cabinet was announced on December 18, less than two months after the country's parliament elected Michel Aoun, a Christian politician, as president. Aoun’s election ended a 29-month-long political stalemate in the country.

Before visiting Lebanon, the Iranian parliamentary delegation paid a visit to Syria, where they held talks with senior Syrian officials, including President Bashar al-Assad, Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem and Parliament Speaker Hadiya Khalaf Abbas.

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