Lebanese President Joseph Aoun stressed on Sunday the importance of cooperation to address all pending issues between Lebanon and Syria.
He received a telephone call from head of Syria’s new authorities Ahmed al-Sharaa, who congratulated him on his election as president on Thursday.
Aoun underscored the “fraternal relations that bind the Syrian and Lebanese people.”
The officials also stressed the importance of building and developing positive relations between their countries.
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati had visited Damascus on Saturday for talks with al-Sharaa.
The leaders stressed their keenness on building long-term strategic relations based on mutual respect and national sovereignty after decades of strained ties.
The trip was the first by a head of government to Syria since Bashar al-Assad was toppled by a sweeping opposition offensive on Dec. 8, and the first visit by a Lebanese premier to neighboring Syria in 15 years. Ties between Damascus and Beirut have often been fraught since they became independent states in the 1940s.
