By Tala Ramadan
(Reuters) -Lebanon and Syria will work collectively to safe their land borders, in addition to to delineate each land and sea borders, Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati mentioned on Saturday in Damascus.
Within the first journey by a Lebanese prime minister to neighbouring Syria in 15 years, Mikati addressed a joint information convention in Damscus with Syria’s de facto chief Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Al-Sharaa mentioned they’d mentioned points together with smuggling between the 2 nations, border challenges, and Syrian deposits in Lebanese banks.
Each side agreed to ascertain committees to deal with these issues and supply assist.
Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun, mentioned following his election on Thursday that there was a historic alternative for “serious and equitable dialogue” with Syria.
For a lot of the Assad household’s 5 many years in energy, Syria held vital affect over Lebanon, sustaining a army presence there for 29 years till 2005 within the face of widespread opposition from many Lebanese.
