[caption id="attachment_141356" align="alignright" width="146"] Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.[/caption]

A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic attaches importance to stability and tranquility in Lebanon, reiterating Tehran’s support for unity and solidarity among the Lebanese factions for the election of a new president in the Arab country.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran supports the election of a Lebanese president in the shortest possible time on the basis of a consensus among all political currents in the country,” Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs, said on Monday.

He made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Lebanese Minister of Education and Higher Learning Elias Bou Saab (pictured below) in Tehran, where the two officials discussed bilateral ties and regional developments.

Bou Saab has traveled to Tehran to attend a ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

The Iranian official further voiced the Islamic Republic’s preparedness to enhance bilateral ties with Beirut in various domains.



The Lebanese minister, for his part, expressed gratitude to the Islamic Republic for its support for Lebanon.

Lebanon has not had a president since former President Michel Sleiman’s tenure ended in May 2014; the country’s parliament has failed to find a successor to him.

By Press TV