Nasrallah-Velayati Meeting Highlights Regional Developments

Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah held a meeting with Khamenei's adviser on international affairs Ali Akbar Velayati where talks highlighted the latest developments, al-Manar TV website said.

Velayati was accompanied by deputy Iranian Foreign Minister Amir Abdul Lahyan and the accompanying delegation in the presence of Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammed Fathali.

Velayati had met on Monday with Prime Minister Tammam Salam at the Grand Serail where he stated that “hopes over the election of a president for the Lebanese republic have increased and are promising."

He stressed that Lebanon's new president should enjoy the “consent” of all Lebanese parties.

He was referring to the vacuum at the top state post that left the country without a president since the term of President Michel Suleiman ended in May 2014.

Velayati's visit comes amid the release of Lebanese soldiers who were held captive by al-Qaida linked al-Nusra Front since August 2014.

Sixteen troops and policemen were released on Tuesday in a swap deal that included the release of Nusra inmates.

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