Lebanese PM Travels to Arabia Again
Lebanese PM Saad Hariri left for Riyadh late on Tuesday, according to his media office said, for his first to the Saudi capital since he abruptly resigned there in November.
Lebanese PM Saad Hariri left for Riyadh late on Tuesday, according to his media office said, for his first to the Saudi capital since he abruptly resigned there in November.
A statement by Hariri’s media office said he was responding to an invitation from Saudi envoy Nizar al-Aloula, whom he met in Beirut on Monday. It said Hariri would meet Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The last time he traveled to the kingdom was on Nov. 3 and unexpectedly resigned in a televised statement a day later. Lebanese officials accused Saudi Arabia of forcing Hariri, its long-time ally, to quit and putting him under effective house arrest until France intervened. Riyadh has denied this.
He returned home weeks later and withdrew his resignation, drawing a line under the crisis that had raised fears for Lebanon’s economic and political stability.
