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Saudi delegation to visit Lebanon for revival of soured ties

Xinhua, November 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

A high profiled Saudi delegation to visit Lebanon on Monday to meet the newly elected President Michel Aoun and other top officials, Al Haya local newspaper reported Sunday.

The delegation, which includes Prince Khalid Al Faisal, adviser to the Saudi King, and Thamer Al-Sabhan, minister of state for Arabian Gulf affairs at the Foreign Ministry, will focus on reviving the ties between the two countries that witnessed disturbances in recent years.

Saudi Arabia suspended military assistance to Lebanon last February, citing what Riyadh described as Beirut's anti-Saudi stance.

The suspension covered the supply of 3 billion U.S. dollars of arms through France to the Lebanese army and the remaining unpaid 1 billion dollars assistance to the Lebanese security forces.

The suspension came after Beirut's failure to condemn attacks earlier 2015 on Saudi mission in Iran and many negative statements on Riyadh by Lebanon's Hezbollah group.

Last week, Al-Sabhan visited Beirut and met Aoun and other Lebanese officials. Endit