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Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri (L) meets with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (R) in Cairo, Egypt on 22 March 2017 [Ibrahim Ramadan/Anadolu]

by middleeastmonitor.com/

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has arrived in Egypt where he is
scheduled to meet with President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi and Prime Minister
Sharif Ismail with the view of strengthening ties between the two
countries. Hariri will also meet with Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic
Church and Grand Imam Ahmed Al-Tayeb of Al-Azhar.In an interview with the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram
published ahead of the meeting Hariri said that the security of all
Arab countries are linked, including Egypt and Lebanon, and that he will
not tolerate attempts to attack Egypt’s security from Lebanon.Hariri stressed that he rejects weapons
belonging to Hezbollah and reiterated that the only legitimate weapons
were those used by the Lebanese army. He also said that Bashar Al-Assad
and Iran are responsible for the failure to resolve the Syrian crisis. Hariri emphasised that in general Lebanon has good relations with the Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia.