Lebanese Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn said on Saturday that Iran was playing an important role in the region

Lebanese Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn said on Saturday that Iran was playing an important role in the region. 
  
Before leaving Beirut's airport for Tehran on an official visit, Ghosn said he is scheduled to exchange views with Iranian officials on expansion of mutual ties as well as cooperation between the two countries’ defense ministries. He praised Iran’s progress in different scientific, technological and industrial fields.

He added that Iran and Lebanon enjoy amicable and historical relations and Beirut favors reinforcement of mutual relations to serve the two nations.

The Lebanese defense minister said he is also to discuss with his Iranian counterpart Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi who invited him, the existing agreement between Iranian and Lebanese defense ministries and ways of implementing it.