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The Lebanese caretaker foreign minister told reporters, “I am optimistic that every regional agreement and any deal between regional countries is good for Lebanon.”
“The agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia is important for peace in the region,” Bou Habib said.
He was referring to a recent rapprochement between Tehran and Riyadh.
The deep divisions in Lebanon have left the country without a president since the term of former president Michel Aoun ended in late October. Since then, the Lebanese parliament has failed to elect a new president.
Since late 2019, Lebanon has been mired in a deep financial crisis that has caused the Lebanese pound to lose around 90 percent of its value against the U.S. dollar and led its banking system to collapse, plunging the bulk of Lebanese people into poverty.
The economic and financial crisis is mostly linked to the sanctions that the United States and its allies have imposed on Lebanon and the West’s intervention in the Arab nation’s domestic affairs.
Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Lebanon on Wednesday for a two-day visit. He held talks with senior Lebanese officials, including Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Secretary-General of the Hezbollah movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
Before his visit to Lebanon, Amir-Abdollahian traveled to Oman for high-level talks with the Arab country’s officials.