NNA - Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri received in Ain al-Tineh today, Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah.

After the meeting, Al-Sabah spoke to reporters, saying that Speaker Nabih Berri's visit came within the framework of exchanging ideas and the issue of bilateral relations between Kuwait and Lebanon and the challenges they are going through regionally and internationally, and that the basis of his visit to Lebanon is to establish measures to build confidence again between Lebanon and its regional and international surroundings.

In response to a question about the coincidence of his visit with the preparations for the elections and the reluctance of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri to participate in them, he said: "First, there is no interference in Lebanon's internal affairs, and the Gulf countries do not interfere in Lebanon's internal affairs, and secondly, the visit does not deviate from the three messages that I conveyed yesterday. The first message is sympathy, solidarity, synergy and devotion for the brotherly Lebanese people. The second point is the implementation of the policy of disassociation and that Lebanon should not be a platform for any verbal or physical aggression, and the third point is everyone's desire that Lebanon be stable, secure and strong, whereby the strength of Lebanon is a strength for all Arabs, and this matter becomes a reality through the application of the resolutions of international legitimacy and the Arab resolutions in this field.”

He denied relaying to Speaker Berri any message to "Hezbollah", saying: "The visit is only to present the same ideas that I presented yesterday to PM Mikati and in the morning to His Excellency President Aoun, and then presented them to Speaker Berri, and once again it is based on some ideas and proposals to build confidence between the countries of the region and Lebanon.”

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