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Lebanese president holds talks with Saudi king
RIYADH — Lebanese President Michel Sleiman held talks with Saudi King Abdullah on his second visit since May last year to the oil-rich kingdom which is a major powerbroker in Lebanon,…
RIYADH — Lebanese President Michel Sleiman held talks with Saudi King Abdullah on his second visit since May last year to the oil-rich kingdom which is a major powerbroker in Lebanon, the official Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday.The news agency gave few details of Saturday evening's talks. The two leaders discussed "the latest regional and international developments" and ways of strengthening ties, it said.They also discussed improving policy coordination during Lebanon's tenure of the Arab seat on the UN Security Council until next year, it added.Saudi Arabia has been a key backer of the parliamentary majority of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in its competiton with the rival Hezbollah-led minority bloc supported by Iran and Syria.A former army chief, Sleiman was chosen as president in May last year as a compromise between the rival alliances.Saudi Arabia is also a major financial backer of debt-ridden Lebanon.Later on Sunday, Sleiman was due to meet Lebanese expatriates and visit the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), the first mixed university in the conservative Muslim Kingdom.Sleiman's visit to Saudi Arabia came as the Lebanese prime minister visited its neighbour Kuwait and delivered an appeal to expatriates there to invest their money and skills in Lebanon. Copyright © 2010 AFP. All rights reserved. More »
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