Lebanese PM urges Information Minister George Kordahi to resign
November 4, 2021, 5:19 pm

Lebanese PM urges Information Minister George Kordahi to resign

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The Xinhua reported, the Lebanese National News Agency said that Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday urged Information Minister George Kordahi to resign for the national interest.

Mikati said: "I repeat my call for the information minister to use his conscience, assess the circumstances, take the necessary position, and give priority to the national interest."

Mikati said he is planning on solving the row with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries.

Mikati added: "We will never allow this issue to be the subject of political bickering and we will seek, in cooperation with all the faithful people, to reverse the decisions taken by the kingdom in a way that restores the smoothness of Lebanon's relations with its Arab neighbors."

Lebanese-Saudi relations have worsened over the comments made by Kordahi criticizing Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.

Last Friday, 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.

Source: xinhua

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