Saudi ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awad Asiri met on Wednesday with Kataeb party leader Amine Gemayel.
Following the meeting, Asiri stressed the importance of holding discussions with the political leaders, reiterating the keenness of Saudi Arabia on the exchange of point of views to solve Lebanon's pending issues.
Asiri also held talks with Prime Minister Tammam Salam at the Grand Serail over the latest developments in the country and the region. The Lebanese army has been cracking down on fugitives recently.
The fighting between the Lebanese Armed Forces and extremists was expected after fighters from the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda's branch in Syria, the al-Nusra Front, launched several attacks in areas on the Syrian-Lebanese border.
In June, the IS announced an "Islamic caliphate" controlling vast swathes of Iraq and Syria, ordering Muslims worldwide to pledge allegiance to their chief Abou Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The U.S. has formed a coalition of Western and Arab countries to fight IS, which has been accused of several atrocities in Iraq and Syria, including mass executions, beheadings, rape, torture and selling women and children into slavery.
Later on Wednesday, media reports stated that Asiri delivered a letter to Salam expressing his country's willingness to grant the Lebanese state 15 million dollars to rebuild the northern Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared, which was leveled in 2007.
Around 31,000 refugees were left homeless by the Nahr al-Bared clashes, which also killed 400 people, including 168 soldiers.
Following the battles that took place between the Lebanese army and AL-Qaeda-inspired group Fatah al-Islam militants in 2007, donors pledged during a conference in Vienna 345 million dollars to Lebanon.
But until now, only 188 million dollars have been granted, Salam said in August, urging Arab and mainly Gulf countries to fund the project.
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