Deputy Head of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council, Sheikh Ali Al-Khatib, on Monday received at the Council's headquarters, Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon, Walid Al-Boukhari.

The visit had been an occasion during which they discussed the current general situation in Lebanon and the region.

Sheikh Al-Khatib hoped that the return of Ambassador Bukhari to Lebanon would mark the beginning of a new path in consolidating brotherly relations between the two countries.