Italy's ambassador to Lebanon Massimo Marotti on Tuesday met the country's president Michel Aoun in Beirut, state-run news Nna news agency reported.
Aoun also received Sheikh Abdul Amir Kabalan, vice-president of Lebanon's Shia Higher Council, Nna said.
The meetings came on the eve of prime minister Saad Hariri's return to Lebanon. He has been abroad for over two weeks and announced he was stepping down as premier in a speech broadcast from Saudi Arabia on 4 November, triggering a political crisis.
Marotti in recent days met Lebanon's Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdellatif Daryan and Walid Jumblat, leader of the country's Druze community.
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