The two leaders also called for "stepped up efforts" to bolster Arab unity, the agency reported. It did not elaborate.
Syria has had strained ties with Arab heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Egypt over the 18-month political standoff in Lebanon, where it supported the Hezbollah-led opposition against the Western-and-Arab-backed majority. Assad is in Abu Dhabi on a two-nation tour that will also take him to Kuwait tomorrow.
His trip follows talks in Damascus on Friday with Qatar’s Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, whose country last month hosted Lebanese reconciliation talks.
The Arab League-brokered Doha accord led to the election of former army chief Michel Suleiman as president in Lebanon on May 25 after a six-month vacuum.
Lebanese politicians also agreed to form a national unity government giving the opposition veto power on decision-making and adopt a new electoral law for legislative polls next year.
