Diab holds phone call with Wehbe over Gulf comments

The press office of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers issued on Tuesday the following statement: 

“Prime Minister Hassan Diab made a phone call with caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Charbel Wehbe, to know the rationale behind the positions he had made,” the statement said.

“PM Diab stressed his keenness on preserving best relations with KSA, Gulf states, and all brotherly countries, and on not offending them, especially since those countries have always stood by Lebanon, while remaining confident that they will not abandon Lebanon today.,” the statement went on by saying.

“Premier Diab called for overcoming what happened and restoring best relations with brotherly and friendly states,” the statement concluded by saying.