Miqati Welcomes Kuwaiti-Saudi Statements, Says 'Cloud Will Pass'

Prime Minister Najib Miqati described Wednesday the Lebanese-Gulf rift as a cloud that will pass.

He said at the start of a Cabinet session that the Kuwaiti and Saudi statements indicate that the "cloud that has engulfed the Lebanon-Gulf relations will soon dissipate."

Miqati stated that "Lebanon and the Gulf states share a common history and a belief in a common destiny."

"We call on the Arabs to stand by Lebanon," he added.

Kuwait and KSA had welcomed Tuesday a statement issued by Miqati that expressed Lebanon’s commitment to repair its ties with the Gulf.

Meanwhile, media reports said Wednesday that the Saudi and Kuwaiti ambassadors will return to Beirut in the upcoming weeks.

KSA, UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait had expelled the Lebanese ambassadors and recalled their diplomats from Beirut last October, after ex Information Minister George Kordahi described the war in Yemen as an aggression by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, sparking the rift.