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Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun reviews the honor guard upon his arrival at the Lebanese Parliament to be sworn in as a new president, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

Türkiye extended congratulations to Joseph Aoun, the newly-elected president of Lebanon, Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun was voted in as president in a second round of parliamentary voting Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacuum in the crisis-hit, war-battered country.

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri stepped down on July 15 after failing to form the government for months.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Oct. 30 asked Prime Minister Saad Hariri to continue as a caretaker premier, until a new government is formed.

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos was on an official visit to Beirut on Thursday, where he stressed the importance of a trilateral partnership that has been forged between Greece, Cyprus and Lebanon.

Lebanon's foreign minister, Gebran Bassil, is on his first official visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of his counterpart Ekaterina Zaharieva.

Opportunities for deepening relations between Bulgaria and Lebanon were discussed by National Assembly Chairwoman Tsveta Karaiancheva and Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil.

Amid mounting tensions in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is set to meet his Lebanese counterpart Gebran Bassil on Nov. 16. 

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will be in Lebanon until Thursday for talks with the country's newly-elected President Michel Aoun and Lebanese counterpart Gebran Bassil.

The talks, which are expected to focus on regional security, migration, energy and culture, will be attended by Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides.

Lebanon's president asked Sunni leader Saad al-Hariri to form a new government on Nov. 3, after he won the support of a majority of MPs including the influential parliament speaker who said he would cooperate with efforts to set up the new cabinet.