Lahoud briefs Lebanese Cabinet on results of his visit to Damascus

In a Cabinet meeting held in Beirut on Wednesday, Lebanese President Emile Lahoud briefed the Cabinet members on the results of talks he recently held in Damascus with President Hafez al-Assad.

In the statement released following the meeting, Lebanese Information Minister Anwar al-Khalil said that President Lahoud stressed that "talks with President al-Assad were held in a frank and fraternal atmosphere."

Lahoud added: "I felt President al-Assad's desire to support Lebanon in confrontation of the Israeli occupation."

Lahoud's stressed the unity of the Syrian and Lebanese peace process tracks as basics of the Lebanese policy.