Lebanon’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Fawzi Kabbara, returned to his workplace in Riyadh yesterday, and the Lebanese ambassadors to Kuwait and the UAE are preparing to return to their embassies, within the framework of the new page with the Gulf countries, whose ambassadors have returned to Beirut, respectively. These ambassadors will prepare for the Gulf tour that Prime Minister Najib Mikati will start from the end of the cabinet session today, starting in Saudi Arabia, where he will perform Umrah, and he will continue his Gulf tour following Eid Al-Fitr, to include Kuwait, the Emirates, the Sultanate of Oman, and Bahrain, which has not set a date visit it followingwards. There was contact between Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdullah Bouhabib and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, where the latest developments on the Arab arena were presented.
And in the context of activating the return of Gulf diplomacy to Lebanon, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Walid Al-Bukhari, will host a Ramadan Iftar banquet in honor of sectarian and sectarian references in Lebanon, next Monday sunset. Al-Bukhari was an acquaintance with the Army Commander, General Joseph Aoun, the leaders of the security services and the former Minister of Defense, Zeina Aker.
Meanwhile, our ambassador to Beirut, Abdel-Aal Al-Qena’i, head of the economic bodies, received the former minister, Muhammad Choucair, at the embassy headquarters, and they discussed the developments in Lebanon, especially the return of the Gulf ambassadors to Beirut.
Choucair welcomed the return of the ambassador to his second country, Lebanon, saying, “This return, along with the Gulf ambassadors, gave a moral boost to every Lebanese loyal to his country, and brought back hope that the coming days will be better for Lebanon and the Lebanese.” Shukair thanked Ambassador Al-Qana’i and Kuwait for the pioneering initiative they took towards Lebanon, and said, “Only what is correct is true, because Lebanon’s natural place is among its brothers,” hoping that the Lebanese-Gulf relations will regain their momentum at various levels, because this constitutes a fundamental basis for Lebanon’s rescue and recovery.
For his part, Al-Qina’i welcomed Shqeir, stressing his country’s keenness “on the best relations with Lebanon at various levels, especially the economic one.” He also affirmed “Kuwait’s support for Lebanon to restore its health and its distinguished role among its Arab brothers.”
In turn, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri met at the presidential residence in Ain al-Tineh the ambassadors of Hungary to Lebanon Ferenc Chelag, the new Pakistani Salman Atar and the French ambassador Anne Greu.
The Head of the Lebanese Forces, Dr. Samir Geagea, will host a Ramadan Iftar banquet at Ghoroub University tomorrow, Friday, in the presence of religious and political references from different sects and regions. Geagea called for thwarting the attempts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs departments to obstruct the expatriate’s vote from a previous conception and determination, and urged President Mikati, during the announcement of the forces candidate in Tripoli, to put his hand on this file and correct the errors that occurred.
Geagea touched on the campaigns targeting the city of Tripoli, whether in terms of isolating it or demonizing it by comparing it to Afghan Kandahar, and said: Tripoli is Lebanese and will remain sovereign and free Lebanese.
Geagea warned that there are no candidates for Hezbollah in Tripoli, but there are agents of the party, pointing to the words of MP Muhammad Raad, head of the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc, “Our goal is certainly the success of our candidates, as well as the success of the candidates of our friends and allies, and this is the meaning of friendship and alliance.” The head of the Kataeb Party, Sami Gemayel, spoke regarding an inclusive parliamentary meeting in the new parliament, in which sovereign and independent representatives from different regions and sects participate, to be the largest bloc in the parliament. The fictitious budgets that destroyed our lives, and the current election law, which gave the majority to Hezbollah, and imposed taxes on the people.” “These forces handed over the country to Hezbollah,” he added.
In addition, it appears that the electoral alliance sponsored by Hezbollah between the Free Movement and the Amal Movement, and implicitly between the first and second presidencies, did not positively affect the political relationship between the two parties, as evidenced by the response of Representative Ali Hassan Khalil, the political aide to President Nabih Berri, to President Aoun’s accusation of the movement. Hope implicitly, obstructed by the judiciary, once morest the backdrop of the failure of Finance Minister Youssef Al-Khalil to sign the decree forming the chambers of the Courts of Cassation, which prevents the resumption of investigations into the port explosion.
