Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon hovering, as elections approach .
With the approach of elections in Lebanon, the Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon movements in some areas has intensified.
The Lebanese parliamentary elections will be held next Sunday (May 25) and there are only four days left until this event.
In this regard, the Saudi ambassador to Lebanon, Walid al-Bukhari, has increased his visits to Lebanon’s al-Baqa ‘(east) and meetings in support of candidates from Riyadh-approved parties.
According to Al-Nahar newspaper, al-Bukhari met with two rival candidates in the latest election campaign to win Sunni votes in al-Baqa’a; Bilal al-Hashimi is on the list of the Lebanese forces, and Michel Dahir, the leader of the Independent Shiites list, is a candidate for a Catholic seat.
During the visit, the Saudi ambassador claimed that Riyadh stood by the Lebanese people and did not seek hostility from anyone, but called for a prosperous economy for Lebanon away from conflict.
Last April, the Saudi Foreign Ministry announced that its ambassador, who had left Lebanon, had returned to Saudi Arabia.
A Lebanese newspaper reported that Riyadh realized that the “March 14” political current did not have the power to oppose Hezbollah’s coalition in the elections, so it appointed its ambassador to form a joint operations room. (More details)
Tensions between Lebanon and the Gulf states, especially Saudi Arabia, began when former Lebanese Information Minister George Qardahi called for an end to the war against Yemen in a televised interview prior to his appointment.
Asked how he assessed the current developments in Yemen, Qardahi said, “The brutal aggression against Yemen, which has been going on for eight years, must stop. “What the Yemenis are doing is their legal right to defend themselves, and I respect the resilience of the Yemeni people in the face of this aggression.”
