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Lebanese Justice Minister Salim Jreissati said Saad Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon\u2019s prime minister from Saudi Arabia on Saturday, should return to the country and his resignation should be \u2018voluntary\u2019 to be formally considered by President Michel Aoun.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tHariri reached an agreement with political factions in Lebanon in 2016 to become prime minister. But he said he was stepping down in an abrupt announcement broadcast from Riyadh on Saturday, in what has been widely seen as a move taken under Saudi pressure, presstv.com reported.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter a meeting of high-level officials chaired by President Aoun, Jreissati said on Monday that Hariri\u2019s resignation \u2018must be voluntary in every sense,\u2019 signaling that the Lebanese government regards the sudden move as involuntary.<\/p>\n

\n\tJreissati said the president would not be taking any action regarding Hariri\u2019s resignation until he returned.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe president is waiting for Hariri\u2019s return to hear from him personally. This indicates a sovereign vision\u2026 and that the resignation must be voluntary in every sense,\u201d the Lebanese justice minister said.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe also said Aoun had said that Lebanon\u2019s stability was a \u2018red line\u2019 and had to be preserved.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking in a televised address from Saudi Arabia, Hariri said he feared for his life, and accused Iran and the Hezbollah resistance movement of interfering in the affairs of Arab countries. Iran and Hezbollah both reject the accusations.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Lebanese army also said on Sunday that no assassination plot had been uncovered in Lebanon.<\/p>\n

\n\tHariri had already made two visits to Saudi Arabia, which has taken a hostile approach toward Iran and Hezbollah. Iranian military advisors and Hezbollah fighters have been successfully helping the Syrian government fight a foreign-backed militancy in Syria. Saudi Arabia supports many of the extremist militant groups fighting Damascus and opposes President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s elected government.<\/p>\n

\n\tHariri\u2019s resignation is also largely seen as an attempt by Saudi Arabia to undermine Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Lebanese president last Monday stressed Iran\u2019s significant role as a \u2018regional power\u2019 in the Middle East and defended Hezbollah\u2019s possession of arms.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Sunday, Hezbollah\u2019s secretary general also said that Hariri\u2019s resignation had not been voluntary. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah noted that the real reason for Hariri\u2019s resignation had to be sought in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television reported on Monday that Saudi King Salman had met with Hariri. It did not provide details.<\/p>\n

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\n\tA picture posted on Saad Hariri\u2019s Twitter page shows him (L) meeting with Saudi Arabian King Salman, in Riyadh, November 6, 2017.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tA Saudi minister, Thamer al-Sabhan, has made upbeat remarks about Hariri\u2019s resignation, saying Lebanon \u2018will never be the same\u2019 after his resignation.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLebanon, after the resignation, will never be as it was before. We will not allow it \u2014 in any form \u2014 to be a platform for terrorism against our countries and it\u2019s in the hands of its leaders to allow for a state of terrorism or peace,\u201d Sabhan reportedly tweeted on Monday.<\/p>\n

\n\tSabhan had been assigned as Saudi Arabia\u2019s ambassador to Iraq before Baghdad asked Riyadh to change him because he was interfering in Iraqi domestic affairs. Sabhan was then named the Saudi minister of state for Persian Gulf affairs.<\/p>\n

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