Beirut, October 13: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today hailed Lebanon’s resistance in the face of Israeli “aggression” as he began an official visit that will take him to the border of the Jewish state.
Ahmadinejad was showered with rice and rose petals by tens of thousands of Hezbollah supporters who lined the roads as his convoy made its way from the airport to the presidential palace.
“We fully support the resistance of the Lebanese people against the Zionist regime and we want full liberation of occupied territory in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine,” the hardline leader said at a joint press conference with his Lebanese counterpart Michel Sleiman.
“As long as (Israeli) aggression exists in the region, we will not see stability,” he added.
The two leaders today signed a number of agreements in the health, tourism, energy, water and other sectors.
–Agencies