TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Ambassador to Beirut Mohammad Fathali held a meeting with Lebanese Defense Minister Samir Moqbel before the latter's upcoming visit to Tehran later this month.
During the meeting, also participated by Iranian Military Attach� to Lebanon Mohammad-Reza Mirzayee, the two sides discussed issues of mutual interest and the latest coordination on Mobel's October 17 visit to Tehran at the head of a high-ranking military delegation.

After the meeting, Fathali told reporters that Iran's offer to deliver arms to Lebanon was also discussed during the talks with the Lebanese defense minister.

Last week, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani announced that Iran plans to gift a military tool or weapon to the Lebanese army in the near future.

"The gift will be sent in the near future and it will be delivered to the Lebanese defense minister during his upcoming visit to Iran," Shamkhani said after meeting Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam in Beirut last Tuesday.

A few days later, senior officials in Beirut said Iran had presented a list of military tools and weapons to be gifted to the Lebanese army to help the Arab country in its fight against terrorism.

Moqbel told the country's al-Manar TV on Friday night that he would visit Iran at the head of a high-ranking military delegation within the next ten days to study Tehran's pledged arms aids to Lebanon.

"The details of the arms aids which Tehran is ready to supply to the Lebanese army will be studied in the presence of a delegation of high-ranking officers," he added.

Moqbel said that the Lebanese army will assess and study Iran's weaponry proposals after returning to Beirut.

He expressed the hope that other countries would also present Beirut arms gifts proportionate to the needs of the Lebanese army.

Last Wednesday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian announced Tehran's plans to assist the Lebanese army in fighting terrorism.

"The Lebanese army should be strengthened for its campaign against terrorism," Amir Abdollahian told FNA.

"Any assistance by Iran to the Lebanese army will be within the framework of war on terrorism and the international laws," he added.

Asked about the US officials' reaction to Iran's possible assistance to the Lebanese army, Amir Abdollahian said, "Instead of adventurous measures which merely intensify extremism, the US should avoid preventing reinvigoration of the regional states and armies if it favors a materialization of real and effective war on terrorism."

By Fars News Agency

 

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