Iran\’s parliament speaker Ali Larijani on Friday noted that “Lebanese leaders enjoy the sufficient capability to resolve their problems.

Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani on Friday noted that “Lebanese leaders enjoy the sufficient capability to resolve their problems," adding that "some forces want to destabilize Lebanon but do not have the ability to do so."

Larijani was in Beirut as part of a regional tour aimed at finding ways to resolve the crisis in Syria, media reports said.

“We will always defend the resistance of the heroic Palestinian people and heroic Lebanese people,” he said at a press conference he held in Beirut.

He called Gaza victory important and said: “In a meeting with Palestinian groups, on behalf of my country, I congratulated them and told them we are honored to remain with resistance.”

“If the Lebanese people are holding their heads up high, that is because of the 2006 victory and the Palestinian people are also reaping the fruits of the 2008 victory,” Larijani added.

Asked about the crisis in neighboring Syria, Larijani said: “You know Iran's stances on the Syrian crisis and we have always supported the issue of building democracy in the region.”

He warned that “the others want to impose democracy through the force of weapons in Syria and this approach will only lead to perdition and destruction.”

“The greatest injustice against the Syrians is to arm the people,” he noted.

“No party must put preconditions for resolving the Syrian crisis and we support any mechanism to achieve democracy,” the Iranian official went on to say.

Larijani's first stop was Damascus where he said he would “seek to find a solution to the Syrian crisis.” He held talks there with President Bashar Assad.

The Iranian official also held talks with Speaker Nabih Berri at Ain el-Tineh on current regional developments.

Larijani left Beirut on Saturday morning and headed for Turkey on board a private plane accompanied by a delegation, following the one-day visit to Lebanon.

Upon arrival in Istanbul, Larijani was welcomed by the Leader of Jafari People in Turkey, Selahattin Ozgunduz, and Iran’s Ambassador to Turkey Bahman Hosseinpour as well as a number of Turkish officials.

During his meeting with Erodgan in Turkey, Larijani is scheduled to discuss regional and international issues as well as bilateral ties.