Former Lebanese PM Hariri meets Egyptian president, Al-Azhar Grand Imam in Cairo

Lebanon

Egypt

Former Lebanese PM Saad al-Hariri

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi

Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Dr Mohammad Ahmed al-Tayeb,

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Monday 09 Mar 2015 - 10:52 Makkah mean time-18-5-1436 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meets with former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri at the presidential palace in Cairo (Pic from REUTERS) Cairo, (IINA) – Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks on Sunday with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi during a visit to Cairo aimed at reaffirming support for moderation in the face of Islamist extremism roiling the Middle East, Lebanese Daily Star reported. According to reports, the meeting tackled bilateral relations between both countries and a review of the current political status of different countries in the Arab World. Hariri noted that the discussions during the meeting with the Egyptian president focused on the situation in the region and Lebanon, also the interest of Lebanon and the Arabs. Hariri said according to a statement released by his media office “I confirmed our support to Egypt in the face of the forces of evil and extremism.” “We are in the same boat, facing an enemy of religion, values, and Arab and Islamic civilization. There is no room for neutrality in this confrontation,” he said. “We are on the side of Arab and Islamic moderation and that is in the side which Egypt, its leadership and people, have chosen, in solidarity with all our brethren in the Arab states of moderation. Hariri, who was accompanied by former MPs Bassem Sabaa and Ghattas Khoury, later met with the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Dr. Mohammad Ahmed al-Tayeb, with whom he discussed the situation in the region. SM/IINA