Miqati voiced on Tuesday his government’s willingness to boost cooperation with Iran, saying that the agreements signed with Tehran would be finalized soon.

Lebanese Prime Minster Najib Miqati voiced on Tuesday his government’s willingness to boost cooperation with Iran, saying that the agreements signed with Tehran would be finalized soon.

As Miqati received a delegation of Iranian lawmakers in Beirut, he said: “The Lebanese government is ready to cooperate with Iran in all fields”.
Miqati also insisted that a joint Iranian-Lebanese committee jointly chaired by Iran's Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi and Lebanon's prime minister needs to continue its activities at the current rate.

“Twenty-six executive agreements between the two countries [inked] during the former [Lebanese] government will be soon discussed in a cabinet meeting and, after study, will be finalized,” the PM said further.

The Iranian delegation was headed by the Iran's Deputy Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Reza Bahonar, who hailed the formation of a new unity government.

“Iran, despite all US pressures and sanctions, has achieved self-sufficiency in modern technology and is ready to provide Lebanon with its experience in technical and economic fields and assist Lebanon [to develop its] oil and gas industries,” Bahonar said during the meeting.