Saudi King Reiterates Support for Lebanon's 'Unity, Stability'
Saudi Arabia remains committed to Lebanon’s “security, unity, Arab identity and stability,” Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud stressed Sunday.
“Our tours and visits to some Arab capitals last year were aimed at bridging differences … and the kingdom’s efforts were focused on preserving civil peace in Lebanon, which we still support its security, unity, Arab identity and stability,” the king said in a statement addressed to the Saudi Shoura Council, which also tackled other domestic and Arab affairs.
On January 12, Hizbullah and its allies forced the collapse of Saad Hariri's cabinet in a long-running feud over the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which the party accuses of being a “U.S.-Israeli plot” against it.
With Hizbullah’s blessing, Najib Miqati was then appointed to form a new government, which Hariri's alliance had refused to join and labeled "Hizbullah's government".
Before the withdrawal of Hizbullah and its allies from Hariri’s government, a Saudi-Syrian initiative failed to reach an agreement among the feuding Lebanese parties.
In 2010, King Abdullah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made a joint visit to Beirut in a bid to convince Lebanese leaders to accept the botched initiative.
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