BEIRUT, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said Monday that any Arab or international efforts for reaching a comprehensive peace in the region should stem from an understanding with Syria, local Elnashra website reported.

    Suleiman said that the "Lebanese-Syrian relations are witnessing mutual trust" following the meeting with his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad in August 2008.

    Suleiman and Assad agreed last August to establish diplomatic relations for the first time since their independence. Embassies were opened in both capitals following the decision.

    Syria ended in 2005 its some three-decade-long military presence in its small neighbor country due to massive demonstration in Lebanon following the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut.