BEIRUT, Nov 5 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, yesterday urged Information Minister, George Kordahi, to resign, for the sake of national interest.
“I repeat my call for the information minister to use his conscience, assess the circumstances, take the necessary position, and give priority to national interest,” Mikati said.
Mikati said, he is planning on solving the row with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries.
“We will never allow this issue to be the subject of political bickering, and we will seek, in cooperation with all faithful people, to reverse the decisions taken by the kingdom, in a way that restores the smoothness of Lebanon’s relations with its Arab neighbours,” Mikati added.
Lebanese-Saudi relations have worsened over the comments made by Kordahi, criticising Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen.
Last Friday week, Saudi Arabia expelled the Lebanese ambassador and banned all imports from Lebanon, in protest against his remarks.
Kordahi had said in a televised interview, recorded weeks before his appointment as the minister, that the Houthis in Yemen have been defending themselves, in the face of external aggression for years.– NNN-NNA
