MESOP MIDEAST WATCH :Lebanon PM Renews Call for Minister in Gulf Arab Row to ‘Prioritize National Interest’

Lebanon’s prime minister on Thursday again urged the information minister to “prioritize” Lebanon’s “national interest” over an unprecedented diplomatic rift with Saudi Arabia, but stopped short of asking him to submit his resignation. The rift has threatened to destabilize the new government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati, sworn in less than two months ago, and escalate Lebanon’s economic tailspin. “I hereby renew my calls on the information minister (George Kordahi) to judge his conscience and take the right position,” Reuters quoted Mikati as saying. Mikati said the information min

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