Salam meets al-Sisi, urges Arab support for ending Israel's occupation, attacks

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam held talks Wednesday in Egypt's New Alamein City with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in the presence of Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh and Energy Minister Joe Saddi.

During the meeting, Salam explained the government's priorities for the next phase, both in terms of ongoing economic reforms and completing the process of “extending state authority over all its territory,” adding that Lebanon looks forward to strengthening cooperation and integration with all Arab countries.

Salam also stressed the need for brotherly and friendly countries to “exert pressure to ensure Israel halts its attacks on Lebanon and withdraws completely from the south,” emphasizing the need for the international community to support Lebanese state institutions, particularly the army, to enable it to perform its national duties.

Al-Sisi for his part praised “the positive steps taken by the Lebanese government in recent months to restore the regularity of state institutions and extend its authority throughout Lebanese territory.”

The Egyptian president also emphasized the need to “continue doing everything necessary to ensure that Lebanon's stability and national unity are not undermined.”