WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the visit of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to the White House (all times local):

2:45 p.m.

President Donald Trump and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri are pledging to fight terrorism to the end.

Hariri is visiting the White House for talks with Trump and their respective delegations. A joint news conference is planned afterward.

Hariri said in brief remarks before an expanded meeting with aides that he hopes the partnership between the U.S. and Lebanon against terrorism will continue until terrorists are defeated.

Trump responded, “We will do that.”

Trump said Hariri is winning the fight against ISIS and others and that “ultimately you will win … we have great confidence in you.”

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2 p.m.

President Donald Trump has welcomed Lebanon’s prime minister to the White House for talks.

Trump and Prime Minister Saad Hariri (sahd hah-REER’-ee) are scheduled to answer reporters’ questions during a joint news conference in the Rose Garden after they meet.

The White House said last week that the leaders would discuss terrorism, refugees and the economy, among other issues.

Hariri is likely to ask for U.S. financial aid to cope with the flood of Syrian refugees entering his country due to the civil war there. Syrian refugees make up about 25 percent of Lebanon’s population of about 6 million people.

Other items on the prime minister’s agenda are continued U.S. support for the Lebanese military, and plans by the U.S. to tighten sanctions on the militant group Hezbollah.