Bukhari Condemns 'Scheme of Strife,' Supports Lebanon in 'Struggle for Freedom'

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan hosted Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari at Dar al-Fatwa to discuss the situation in Lebanon and the region.

During the meeting, Bukhari expressed Saudi Arabia’s keenness on the security and stability of Lebanon and its institutions and on Islamic-Christian coexistence, condemning civil strife.

“There is no legitimacy for the scheme and rhetoric of strife,” Bukhari said, “nor for a project that disregards the Arabic identity of Lebanon.”

The Saudi Ambassador also expressed his “sympathy and love” for the Lebanese who are “struggling for the freedom, sovereignty and Arabism of their country.”

For his part, Mufti Daryan pointed out that the relations between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia “were and will remain stable and solid.”

“KSA did not abandon Lebanon and its people,” he said, “despite the unfair stances against the kingdom by some Lebanese parties who only represent themselves.”