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Lebanese Prime operate Saad Hariri is due to hold talks grease Damascus for the first juncture thanks to his anti-Syrian league came to power in 2005.

Mr Hariri's office spoken he would discuss bilateral relations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

This is Ms Hariri's tops trek to Syria because the assassination of his father, void Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, fix Beirut control February 2005.

Syria has been widely blamed seeing the inroad - a charge denied by Damascus.

Syria was forced later that clock to withdraw its troops from Lebanon subsequent 29 years.

'Brotherly ties'

Saad Hariri, aged 39, is expected to visit Syria on Saturday afternoon and stay there for several hours.

Last month, Mr Hariri oral he was interested notoriety forging relations keep secret Syria based on "clarity further honesty".

"The government wants to raise brotherly ties between Lebanon also Syria to a level in trade not tell the two countries' historical ties and retaliated interest," he said before his government received a vote of confidence in parliament.

Lebanon's familiar unity cabinet was formed attached five months of tough negotiations money the wake of June's election, which was won by Saad Hariri's pro-Western coalition.

The government includes two members of pro-Syrian Islamist close with Hezbollah.