Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati expressed his aspiration for closer cooperation between Lebanon and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, while Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah confirmed that he is carrying 3 messages to Lebanon.
During his meeting with the Kuwaiti minister, who started an official visit to Beirut, Mikati stressed the need for relations between Lebanon and the Arab countries to restore their strength.
This visit comes 3 months after a crisis erupted between Lebanon and the Gulf countries, against the backdrop of statements by former Lebanese Minister of Information George Kordahi regarding the Yemen war.
For his part, the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister said that he carries 3 messages to Lebanon, indicating that the Kuwaiti move is being coordinated with the Arab Gulf states to support Lebanon.
The Kuwaiti minister indicated that the messages are to support Lebanon, and in order not to be a platform of aggression and to fulfill its pledges.
He added that there is a mutual desire for Lebanon to regain its glory by not interfering in Gulf affairs.
The Kuwaiti minister arrived today, Saturday, to Lebanon, in the first visit of a Gulf official since the crisis of the statements of the former Lebanese Minister of Information, George Kordahi.
Official Lebanese sources said that the Kuwaiti minister is expected to meet with President Michel Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Sunday.
Last October, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain expelled Lebanese diplomats and withdrew their ambassadors from Beirut, following statements made by Minister Qardahi - who later submitted his resignation - criticizing the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen.
The Gulf Cooperation Council called on Lebanon last December to prevent Hezbollah from carrying out terrorist operations, to strengthen its army and to ensure that weapons remain in the hands of state institutions only.