Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah has held talks with a representative of Iraq's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Sistani.
A statement issued by Hezbollah's press office said that talks with Sayyed Jawad al-Shahristani highlighted the general situation in Lebanon and the region as well as the political and religious developments.
The statement did not specify when the meeting took place, but said it was held in the presence of senior Hezbollah officials.
Shahristani Thursday met with Speaker Nabih Berri.
The meeting coincides with the visit of Prominent Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to Beirut.
Sadr reportedly arrived in Beirut Sunday in a visit outside the media spotlight.
The nature of his trip remains unclear. However, An-Nahar newspaper said Friday that the Shiite cleric is in Lebanon on a routine visit.
Iraq's former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is also reportedly on a trip to Beirut.
Iraq has been recently gripped by an escalatory political crisis that is crippling state institutions
Politicians are bickering over a plan to overhaul Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's cabinet by bringing in technocrats in a bid to stem corruption.
Abadi has warned that the crisis could hamper the war against ISIS, which continues to control regions in northern and western Iraq.
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