TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif has described “rapport and strategic unity” among the Lebanese government, nation, army and resistance forces as the key to victory against the Zionist enemy.
In separate message to Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Foreign Minister Zeina Akar, Zarif congratulated the Arab country on the anniversary of liberation of its southern regions from the Israeli occupation back in 2000.
Zarif praised the courageous resistance forces for the sacrifices made in order to liberate southern Lebanon. He said he was confident the course initiated by the Lebanese leaders would steer the country to prosperity, stability and progress.
Every year in May, Lebanon commemorates the anniversary of the Israeli withdrawal from its southern territories, known as Resistance and Liberation Day.
Hezbollah forces pushed the Zionist troops out of the southern parts of Lebanon on May 25, 2000, after more than two decades of occupation.
The national holiday in Lebanon is seen as a turning point that changed the regional equations and debunked the myth of Israel’s invincibility.