BEIRUT (Dispatches) – Secretary General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement Hassan Nasrallah met with Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Beirut on Thursday.
A Hezbollah statement said discussions between the two sides dwelt on political developments and threats in the region.
According to the statements, the talks covered developments on the ground in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon.
The two leaders underlined the importance of “cooperation between the Resistance to serve the Palestinian cause”, the statement said.
The two top resistance officials held talks on issues revolving around “reinforcing the axis of resistance in addition to the threats [resistance is facing], and the challenges and opportunities [they can seize],” the statement said.
It added, “They stressed the need for cooperation in all areas of resistance to serve its primary purpose” of promoting the Palestinian cause against Zionist occupation, including liberation of Al-Quds and Islamic sanctities.
Haniyeh also met with Lebanon’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian on Wednesday lauding his stance on Al-Quds, Palestinian nation, and their cause, Palestinian news agency Sama reported.
The two also talked about the occupying regime’s plot to change the status of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Haniyeh further voiced his solidarity with Lebanon in regard to its right to natural resources.
The Hamas delegation’s trip to Lebanon comes days after a gas drilling ship arrived in disputed waters in the Mediterranean Sea to conduct hydrocarbon exploration for the Zionist regime earlier this month followed by heightened tensions between Tel Aviv and Beirut.
Lebanon and the occupying regime took part in indirect talks to discuss maritime demarcation in 2020. But the talks stalled after Lebanon demanded a larger area, including part of the Karish gas field, where the Zionist regime has given exploration rights to a Greek firm.
Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem has said that Hezbollah is ready to take action, “including by force,” against the occupying regime’s gas operations in the disputed waters once Beirut adopts a clearer policy.