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Article: Lebanese Christian majority leader on first time visit to Tehran
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- October 13, 2008
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Lebanese Christian majority leader on first time visit to Tehran
BEIRUT, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Christian majority leader MP
Michel Aoun left for Tehran Sunday on his first official visit to
Iran, local Ad-Diyar daily reported Monday.
Aoun, who is expected to hold talks with Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other senior Iranian officials, told
reporters at Beirut airport that his visit aims at building "
friendly ties."
"Friendship with Iran is not an accusation," Aoun, a former
Lebanese army commander and prime minister, said.
Asked whether he was seeking money and weapons from Iran, Aoun ...