FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri at the governmental palace in Beirut, Lebanon March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Young/Pool
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it would expand its ties with Lebanon in spite of the "provocative and interventionist" call by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for Beirut to choose sides, Iranian state television reported.
On a regional tour to drum up support for Washington's harder line against Tehran, Pompeo said on Friday that Lebanon faced a choice - "Bravely move forward as an independent and proud nation, or allow the dark ambitions of Iran and Hezbollah to dictate your future".
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