Saniora Discusses Lebanon Crisis With Saudi Monarch

Premier Fouad Saniora flew into Riyadh Tuesday and held talks with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on the Lebanon crisis and inter-Arab relations.

 

Saniora, accompanied by acting Foreign Minister Tareq Mitri, held airport talks with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal focusing on the outcome of the Damascus Summit.

 

The Saniora talks with the Saudi Monarch focused on “the general situation and developments in Lebanon,” the state-run National News Agency said in a dispatch from the Saudi capital.

 

The talks also covered “Arab and international contacts to exit Lebanon from its crisis,” the report added.

It said King Abdullah and Saniora reviewed “efforts to convene a meeting of Arab foreign ministers to work out a settlement.” It did not elaborate.

 

Later in the day, Saniora would leave for Doha for talks with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Thani.

 

Saniora”s Arab tour, which has covered Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, would also include Bahrain for talks with King Hamad Bin Issa al-Khalifa.