Iran says ready to cooperate with new Lebanon gov't

TEHRAN, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that his country is ready to cooperate with the new Lebanese government in all areas, Press TV reported.

"If the Lebanese government demands, Iran is ready to cooperate with this country in all fields," Zarif told reporters in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

Zarif congratulated the Lebanese on the formation of a new national "unity" government and said that he is there to express Iran's solidarity with Lebanon.

Zarif, who arrived in Beirut on Sunday, is scheduled to hold talks with the Lebanese President Michel Aoun, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil on Monday.