Lebanon’s Defense Minister Samir Moqbel is to head to Iran on Saturday in a three-day visit aimed at enhancing Tehran-Beirut defense cooperation.

Lebanon’s Defense Minister Samir Moqbel is to head to Iran on Saturday in a three-day visit aimed at enhancing Tehran-Beirut defense cooperation.

During his stay, Moqbel is scheduled to sit down with senior Iranian authorities to discuss the expansion of Tehran-Beirut defense ties as well as other issues of bilateral, regional and international significance.

The Lebanese defense minister’s itinerary also includes a visit where he will get a first-hand look at Iran’s defense achievements.

Moqbel’s trip to the Islamic Republic will follow last month’s visit by Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani to Beirut, where he exchanged views with senior Lebanese officials on ways to bolster bilateral defense cooperation.

Shamkhani said on September 30 that Iran would soon supply the Lebanese army with necessary military equipment to help the nation counter the security threats it is grappling with.

Over the past months, Lebanon has been suffering from terrorist attacks by al-Qaeda-linked militants as well as random rocket attacks, which are viewed as a spillover of the foreign-backed crisis in neighboring Syria.