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Lebanon invited to Saudi-US Summit in Riyadh

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PM Saad Hariri announces the formation of his new cabinet .December 19, 2016
PM Saad Hariri announced the formation of his new cabinet .December 19, 2016

Saudi Arabia’s  King Salman bin Abdulaziz sent an official invitation to Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri inviting him to attend the Arab-Islamic-American Summit to be held in Riyadh on May 21.

According to a statement by Hariri’s press office, the Charge d’affaires of the Saudi embassy in Lebanon, Walid Al-Bukhari, handed over to Hariri the invitation during a meeting at the Grand Serail.

“The aim of the summit is to work towards an establishment of a new partnership to confront extremism and terrorism, and reinforce the values of tolerance and coexistence for the future of our generations in the Arab region,” said Bukhari, following the meeting.

King Abdullah II of Jordan, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Niger’s Mahamadou Issoufou are among the leaders invited by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz for the summit with United States President Donald Trump.

PM Saad Hariri is shown Thursday with Charge d'affaires of the Saudi Embassy in Lebanon, Walid Al-Bukhari May 11, 2017
PM Saad Hariri is shown Thursday with Charge d’affaires of the Saudi Embassy in Lebanon, Walid Al-Bukhari May 11, 2017

In addition, Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and the leaders of Turkey, Pakistan, Iraq and Tunisia have also received invitations.

Saudi Arabia, which is home to Islam’s holiest sites, will be Trump’s first foreign stop as President.

Trump has frequently been accused of fueling Islamophobia, but aides described his decision to visit Saudi Arabia as an effort to reset relations with the Muslim world.

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    On
    Thursday, May 11, Lebanese TV channel Al-Mayadin broadcasted a speech by
    Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, secretary general of the Lebanese Shia “Party
    of Allah” (“Hezbollah”). His speech was timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the
    death of Mustafa Badr al-Din, the successor of Imad Mugniya (Murnia) as
    head of the special services of the “Party of Allah.”

    Sheikh Nasrallah devoted most of his speech to the situation on the
    Lebanese-Israeli border and the beginning of the construction of a
    protective wall, which, he said, testifies to the “weakness of the
    Zionist enemy.”

    He
    recalled that at the end of April a Lebanese citizen freely entered
    Israel and was detained only at the central bus station in Kiryat
    Shmona. The leader of Hezbollah said that in analyzing this incident, Israel
    realized that, despite the defenses, surveillance cameras and spy
    equipment, there is a serious gap in protecting the border.

    According
    to Hasan Nasrallah, the construction of a protective wall on the border
    with Lebanon also indicates the collapse of the “big Israel” project. “When Israel hides behind the walls, life will improve in Lebanon and Gaza,” the leader of Hezbollah said.

    The leader of the terrorist group also touched on the topic of the hunger strike of Falestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. He
    doubted that the leaders of the Orab states would dare to appeal to the
    US president demanding to fulfill the demands of the prisoners and
    insist on their release. He
    assured the Falestinians that Hezbollah supports the struggle of Falestinian prisoners and admires the courage of the participants in the
    hunger strike

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