US President Barack Obama will welcome Lebanon's President Michel Sleiman to Washington later this month, the White House has said, reported AFP.
Sleiman will visit the White House on Monday, December 14, as the Obama administration tries to reignite its Middle East peace push and back Lebanon's fragile democracy and territorial integrity.
Obama wants to bring up "a broad range of issues of mutual concern, including efforts to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the United States and Lebanon, achieve a comprehensive regional peace, and implement relevant UN Security Council resolutions," the White House said on Wednesday.
Washington has been a strong supporter of western-backed Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri who formed a new unity government last month after more than four months of difficult negotiations with the Hezbollah-led opposition.