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Tuesday 23 Feb 2016 - 11:59 Makkah mean time-14-5-1437
Lebanese PM Tammam Salam (AFP photo)
Beirut (IINA) – The Lebanese government on Monday said it was necessary to fix ties with Saudi Arabia after Riyadh last week suspended $3 billion aid package to the Lebanese army, and tasked Prime Minister Tammam Salam with making contacts to that end.
Saudi Arabia suspended the aid in response to Beirut’s failure to condemn attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran, Reuters reported.
Speaking in a televised news conference, Salam said the cabinet statement had been passed unanimously. In a response to a question on the attacks that targeted the Saudi mission in Iran last month, he said “we strongly condemn” the attack on the Saudi embassy.
“The cabinet deems it necessary to fix relations between Lebanon and its brothers, and to remove any flaws that may have emerged in recent times,” the cabinet said.
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