Suleiman Returns from Riyadh, Urges Lebanese to Maintain Close Ties with Saudi Arabia
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
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.
12 November 2013, 14:14
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@Southern : what's the point of your comment ? Where do you see the president asking them to maintain ties with Half the Lebanese ?
Why do you freely attack people on things they did not do ?
12 November 2013, 15:59
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@Southern : No one is forcing anyone to go live in Saudi Arabia and respect their laws.
Their laws only apply to Lebanese living in Saudi.
I hate Saudis just as much as you but I don't see what the problem is ?
Do you want to go to Saudi and break laws ? Be my guest.
I'm not stepping foot over there because I have no respect for their laws / culture and values. No one is forcing me to go there or respect them and this is not what Suleiman is saying.
12 November 2013, 16:08
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@Southern : "the Saudis don't stop sending terrorists to Syria who finally will end up in Lebanon!.. some of them reached us already"
Iran doesnt stop sending Hezbollah terrorists to Syria. Same thing...
Hezbollah should be protecting our borders from inside Lebanon and prevent terrorists from entering the country rather than go fight and die in Syria ...
I don't know if you understand the meaning of double standard.
I don't support Saudi and I definitely don't support Hezbollah.
I only support a perfectly clear understanding of the situation, laws and justice rather than tentative interpretation and false accusations based on nothing...
12 November 2013, 16:52
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@anonymetexasusa ! How can you say that ?
Iran has built Beirut ! They hire tens of thousands of Lebanese who send hundreds of millions per year to Lebanon !
Iran has established businesses in Beirut representing over 100,000 Lebanese jobs and several percentage points of our economy.
They buy Lebanese sheep by the tens of thousands every year ...
12 November 2013, 16:52
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@anonymetexasusa ! How can you say that ?
Iran has built Beirut ! They hire tens of thousands of Lebanese who send hundreds of millions per year to Lebanon !
Iran has established businesses in Beirut representing over 100,000 Lebanese jobs and several percentage points of our economy.
They buy Lebanese sheep by the tens of thousands every year ...
12 November 2013, 14:16
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Saudi Arabia has the best intentions for Lebanon. I lived in Saudi Arabia and know first hand how they value the Lebanese and their way of life. Saudi Arabia is an honest partner not like Iran which is the cause of troubles not only in the region but specifically for this tiny country which is called Lebanon. If Iran likes so much HA, she should gather these in trucks and take them to Iran. Like this we could live in peace. HA has become a great burden on Lebanon that needs to be extracted.
12 November 2013, 14:17
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Reagardless of their way of life and their support of terrorist etc. We can not turn a blind eye to the 100,000s of Lebanese who have found jobs, and built a decent life in Saudi. Unfortunately we have failed to provide our citizens the absolute minimum of what a state must deliver: SECURITY and STABILITY. Until we can provide our people with those 2 basic elements, we must shut up. And no, the gun men in Tripoli, the horrid corrupt political leaders etc etc are not the fault of the USA, Israel, Saudi, Iran etc.. this his home bred garbage!
12 November 2013, 15:41
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"through the respect of the kingdom's laws" ???? what the heck would those laws be? tfeh, i wonder how much he got paid for this shameful statement.
12 November 2013, 15:50
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The only shameful thing I see is your statement and your constant propaganda. This is the President of Lebanon you're talking about. It is normal when you live in another country to respect its laws yes? When you went to Iran and got your job as a propagandist, did you not obey the laws of Iran? People like you don't know the meaning of the Law. tfeh
12 November 2013, 15:57
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Well... what's the problem with that ? Some M8 elements (ie : Hezbollah) have a complete disrespect for Lebanese laws.
And yes, Saudi is not our country, neither Iran, neither Syria. We as foreigners there should respect local laws or not go there at all.
Hezbollah in Syria for example has broken so many Syrian laws just by there presence there.
12 November 2013, 17:29
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why do you bring up iran as if it was a beauty competition? i dont like the president of my country saying i should obey saudi laws, especially when we know how backwards and medieval these are.
12 November 2013, 17:40
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You don't need a president to tell you you need to obey the laws of the country you're in.
If you go to Iran, and disobey Iranian laws, you get punished. If you go to Saudi and disobey Saudi laws, you get punished.
Only in Lebanon can you disobey the law and get away with it. M8 people don't seem to understand the concept of laws and their enforcement.
You tend to break the law and boast about it and when we try to "catch you" to bring you to justice, you run away, hide, or push the country to the brink of civil war !
12 November 2013, 18:16
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the article was edited between my first comment and now. at first it only said he came back from saudi and "The president “stressed the importance for the Lebanese to preserve these relations through the respect of the kingdom's laws,” it said."
12 November 2013, 20:02
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Look, the laws of Saudi Arabia are perfectly clear. Whatever the King says is the law. And if it turns out the King made a mistake, like by backing the invasions of Iraq by the US, that never happened and you are breaking the law by saying so.
It's really quite simple. The system has now been successfully exported to and installed in Egypt.
What are those bulges in the President's pockets?
12 November 2013, 16:31
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The KSA have cancelled our President's trip on two occasions for an official meeting , but on the third occasion they have accepted the Lebanese President to meet up with the " so called " Royals of the Kingdom , for what ?
Just for a mere stupid message to order our President to tell us Lebanese " to preserve relations & respect the Kingdoms Laws " ?
I would presume more important issues would be on the agenda such as Security , Refugees , Terrorism , Takfirism , Wahabism , Jihadism , Radicalism , Suicidal extremist Islamists was discussed & for the KSA to STOP Supporting such export into our region out of " respect " & to " preserve " our way of life ....
If the Saudis' have any dignity , they should start by also not imposing their laws on us , Sharia laws nor an Islamist Republic ...what a unwarranted meeting.
Signed Wolf !
12 November 2013, 16:33
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poor roar... he cannot even understand what the president says.... i guess the roar does not obey the australian laws then coz he seems to think that lebanese abroad do not have to obey the laws of the country they are living in....
so blinded by hatred that he cannot even read! poor thing
12 November 2013, 17:01
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"Why does any nation have to respect the laws of any other nation?"
still struggling to appear to be right even if it makes him all the more ridiculous...
the president was adressing lebanese living in KSA , not lebanon having to obey saudi arabia! LOL
read before you make a fool of yourself....
12 November 2013, 18:56
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oh! your post is here for everyone to see... and for everyone to see how stupid you are...
12 November 2013, 18:19
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now would you come out in public and call the president a Little Man?,,, somehow i doubt it
13 November 2013, 02:05
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Texas destroys Blacky ...... again.
Hey Blacky, how does it feel to be totally emasculated?
