{"id":1656,"date":"2017-11-10T12:11:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T13:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/lebanons-aoun-tells-saudi-envoy-hariri-must-return\/"},"modified":"2017-11-10T12:11:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T13:11:07","slug":"lebanons-aoun-tells-saudi-envoy-hariri-must-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/lebanons-aoun-tells-saudi-envoy-hariri-must-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon\u2019s Aoun tells Saudi envoy Hariri must return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi..com\">madaresharghi<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"112\">\n<p>\n\t<strong>President Michel Aoun told Saudi Arabia\u2019s envoy on Friday that Saad al-Hariri must return to Lebanon and the circumstances surrounding his resignation as prime minister while in Saudi Arabia were unacceptable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Lebanese authorities believe Hariri is being held in Saudi Arabia, two top Lebanese government officials, a senior politician close to Hariri and a fourth source told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSince Hariri\u2019s announcement on Saturday, Saudi Arabia has accused Lebanon of declaring war on it. Riyadh has advised Saudi citizens not to travel to Lebanon, or if already there to leave as soon as possible. Other Persian Gulf states have also issued travel warnings.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThose steps have raised concern that Riyadh could take measures against the tiny Arab state.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLebanon, where Sunnis, Shias, Christians and Druze, all backed by rival regional powers, fought a civil war from 1975-1990, maintains a governing system designed to ensure each group is represented.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAn \u201cinternational support group\u201d of countries concerned about Lebanon, which includes the United States, Russia and France, appealed for Lebanon \u201cto continue to be shielded from tensions in the region.\u201d In a statement, they also welcomed Aoun\u2019s call for Hariri to return.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDuring the meeting with the Saudi envoy, Aoun expressed concern over reports about Hariri\u2019s circumstances and urged clarification, presidential sources said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHariri\u2019s resignation unraveled a political deal among rival factions that made him prime minister and Aoun, a political ally of the Hezbollah resistance movement, head of state last year. The coalition government included Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn Thursday, Hariri\u2019s Future Movement Party said his return home was necessary to uphold the Lebanese system, describing him as prime minister and a national leader.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAoun has refused to accept the resignation until Hariri returns to Lebanon to deliver it to him in person and explain his reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTop Lebanese Druze politician Walid Jumblatt said on Friday it was time that Hariri returned to Lebanon. After a week of absence, \u201cbe it forced or voluntary,\u201d it was \u201ctime for Sheikh Saad to return,\u201d Jumblatt said on Twitter. \u201cBy the way, there is no alternative to him,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Unconstitutional resignation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\tHezbollah Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that Hariri is currently detained in Saudi Arabia and that his \u201cforced\u201d resignation is unconstitutional because it was done \u201cunder pressure,\u201d Al Jazeera reported.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSpeaking in Beirut on Friday, Nasrallah said he was sure that Hariri was forced to resign as part of Saudi Arabia\u2019s policy of stoking sectarian tensions in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNasrallah said Hariri is being prevented by Saudi officials from returning to Lebanon, which is why \u201cwe deem the resignation of Hariri illegal and invalid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWe declare that the prime minister of Lebanon has not resigned,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNasrallah also said \u201cLebanon had enjoyed unprecedented stability over the past year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>madaresharghi President Michel Aoun told Saudi Arabia\u2019s envoy on Friday that Saad al-Hariri must return to Lebanon and the circumstances surrounding his resignation as prime minister while in Saudi Arabia were unacceptable. The Lebanese authorities believe Hariri is being held in Saudi Arabia, two top Lebanese government officials, a senior politician close to Hariri and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[296,118,28,31,159,639,178,56,213,84,95,82,68,22,23,27],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lebanon\u2019s Aoun tells Saudi envoy Hariri must return - madaresharghi | An Analytical Look at Middle Eastern Developments<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/lebanons-aoun-tells-saudi-envoy-hariri-must-return\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lebanon\u2019s Aoun tells Saudi envoy Hariri must return - madaresharghi | An Analytical Look at Middle Eastern Developments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"madaresharghi President Michel Aoun told Saudi Arabia\u2019s envoy on Friday that Saad al-Hariri must return to Lebanon and the circumstances surrounding his resignation as prime minister while in Saudi Arabia were unacceptable. 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