KSA, Kuwait reportedly express readiness to help Lebanon financially

Senior Saudi and Kuwaiti officials have expressed readiness to offer aid to Lebanon to assist it in the reconstruction process after the latest Israeli war, informed sources said.

Speaking on the sidelines of international financial meetings, the Gulf officials said such assistance should exclusively pass through the Lebanese state through a legal mechanism, the sources told al-Akhbar newspaper in remarks published Wednesday.

“The Saudi side has been talking about Lebanon for the past three weeks and the International Monetary Fund has received an official letter from Riyadh asking about Lebanon’s financial situation,” the sources added.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has also asked a number of Saudi businessmen to carry out contacts with Lebanese economic parties, calling on them to study projects that had been frozen in recent years following Riyadh’s decision to boycott Lebanon, the sources said.