Friday 24 / January / 2025
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Friday announced it would expel the Lebanese ambassador and impose a blanket ban on all imported goods from Lebanon. Riyadh has also summoned its ambassador to Lebanon for consultations.
Saudi Arabia ordered the "recall of the ambassador in Lebanon for consultations, and the departure of Lebanon's ambassador to the kingdom within 48 hours, and decided to halt all Lebanese imports", over the "insulting" remarks made by Beirut's information minister, the Saudi foreign ministry said in a statement.
The move comes after Lebanon's information minister George Kordahi criticized the Saudi-led war in Yemen against armed rebels. Kordahi described the war in Yemen as the result of Saudi "aggression."
Kordahi made the comments on television before he was chosen for the role of ambassador in September, but the footage only came to the fore this week after a video clip was widely spread across social media.
