Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon Mohamed Badr el Din met on Monday with Lebanese Prime Minister Salam Tamam.

Emerging from the meeting, the ambassador said that he told the premier Egypt hopes Lebanon would overcome the difficult times it is passing through.

He said the meeting dealt with regional conditions as well as the conditions in Lebanon.

Badr el Din pointed out that the meeting also tackled the two countries relations in the light of the recent visit to Egypt by Tamam and the speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri to attend the inauguration of the new Suez Canal.