Saudi envoy Yazid bin Farhan meets with Aoun

The Saudi envoy in charge of the Lebanese file, Prince Yazid bin Farhan, met Monday morning with President Joseph Aoun in Baabda, LBCI TV reported.

The meeting tackled “the developments in Lebanon and the region,” LBCI said.

Aoun had visited Saudi Arabia last month on his first trip to a foreign country since being elected president.

During that visit, Aoun and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman stressed “the importance of the full implementation of the Taif Agreement and the relevant U.N. resolutions.”

They also emphasized the need for “the state’s expansion of its sovereignty across Lebanese territory” and “monopolizing weapons in the hands of the Lebanese state,” while underscoring “the national role of the Lebanese Army and the importance of supporting it, and the need for the Israeli occupation army’s withdrawal from all Lebanese territory.”