Suleiman Returns from Riyadh, Urges Lebanese to Maintain Close Ties with Saudi Arabia
President Michel Suleiman stressed on Tuesday the importance of preserving Lebanon's good relations with Saudi Arabia, the same day he returned from a one-day official visit to Riyadh.
Suleiman met with a delegation from the Lebanese Business and Investment Council in Saudi Arabia which briefed him on its good ties with Saudi officials, Baabda Palace announced in a statement.
The president “stressed the importance for the Lebanese to preserve these relations through the respect of the kingdom's laws,” it said.
Suleiman told the delegation that abiding by the Saudi regulations would help consolidate the ties of mutual respect, the statement added.
The president returned on Tuesday from Saudi Arabia, where a day earlier he held talks with King Abdullah during a meeting attended by top Saudi officials, including Crown Prince Salman and the Saudi ministers of foreign affairs, interior and information.
Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Saad Hariri was also present.
The state-run National News Agency said discussions focused on the situation in the region, particularly in Syria and the ongoing consultations to hold the Geneva 2 peace conference.
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