Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian arrived in Beirut on Wednesday, leading an Iranian delegation.
He was received at the airport by Amal Movement representative Khalil Hamdan, Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani, and MPs Ibrahim Al-Musawi and Amin Sherri from Hezbollah’s Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc.
Abdollahian and his accompanying delegation were received by House Speaker Nabih Berri at his Ain el-Tineh residence.
The talks focused on the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip and the border clashes between Lebanon and Israel, as well as the general state of affairs in Lebanon and the region.
Moreover, Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with Abdollahian, with whom he discussed bilateral relations and the situation in Lebanon and Gaza.
Mikati underlined "the need to intensify efforts to reach a comprehensive ceasefire and stop the Israeli aggression against Gaza, and then move to search for a sustainable peaceful solution."
He also called on "influential countries to exert pressure on Israel to stop its aggression against southern Lebanon and to stop targeting civilians and journalists in particular."
For his part, the Iranian FM said: "The four-day truce in Gaza is a good thing, but what is more important is working to reach a permanent ceasefire."
"If there is no sustainable ceasefire, things will get worse, and the region will not return to what it was before the war,” he warned.
