Hariri Travels to Saudi Arabia for Second Time in Five Days
Prime Minister Saad Hariri traveled Friday to Saudi Arabia on a “work trip,” his office said.
Hariri's trip followed talks at the Grand Serail with Ali Akbar Velayati, the senior foreign policy adviser to Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
The prime minister had visited the kingdom on Monday for talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and State Minister for Gulf Affairs Thamer al-Sabhan.
During a cabinet session on Thursday, Hariri told the ministers that “Saudi Arabia is very keen on stability in Lebanon and all that is mentioned in the media to the contrary is not true.”
On Tuesday, Hariri said he held a “long meeting” with al-Sabhan, a day after the firebrand minister voiced fierce new remarks about Hizbullah.
"We agreed on a lot of things that are of concern to the Lebanese people, and God willing the future situation will be better," al-Sabhan for his part added.
“Whenever I meet His Highness, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, I become more convinced that we and the Saudi leadership are in full agreement on Lebanon's stability and Arab identity,” said Hariri in another tweet, referring to his Monday meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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