Syrian President Bashar al-Assad discussed with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al- Hariri on Sunday the latest regional developments and their bilateral ties, the Syrian official SANA reported Monday. The two sides stressed common wish to continue consultation and coordination to serve both sides' interests. Hariri hailed the results of the visit paid by Assad and Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz to Lebanon last month, the report said. Assad and King Abdullah paid an unprecedented joint visit to Lebanon in July to ease the tension that resulted in media escalation between the Lebanese militant party Hezbollah and the international tribunal over the investigation of the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Since he took office in Dec. 2009, Hariri has visited Damascus four times, ending five years of bitterness between the two countries. Syrian sources reported the Syrian President would pay an official visit to Lebanon within the next few weeks. 