Abdullah Meets Hariri for 1st Time Since Cabinet Collapse
Saudi King Abdullah held talks with former Lebanese Premier Saad Hariri, the first meeting between the two since the collapse of Hariri’s cabinet in January.
Hariri’s meeting with Abdullah was held at al-Safa Palace in Mecca. The discussion continued over an Iftar banquet thrown by the king, in the presence of a number of senior Saudi officials, the former prime minister’s press office said Tuesday.
An Nahar daily quoted sources as saying that the meeting was the first since the failure of the so-called Syrian-Saudi initiative to settle the crisis in Lebanon.
They said Abdullah chose Hariri as the first Lebanese personality to meet with since the collapse of the government in January and the formation of PM Najib Miqati’s cabinet has important meanings and repercussions.
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