The Lebanese minister at the centre of a dispute with Saudi Arabia said on Sunday resigning from the government 'is out of the question,' Al Jadeed TV channel quoted him as saying.
A poster of Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi is seen on a billboard in Sanaa, Yemen October 31, 2021. The billboard reads: "Yes George, Yemen's war is futile." REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Oct 31 - The Lebanese minister at the centre of a dispute with Saudi Arabia said on Sunday resigning from the government "is out of the question," Al Jadeed TV channel quoted him as saying. Riyadh on Friday expelled Lebanon's envoy and banned all Lebanese imports, in protest at comments made by Information Minister George Kordahi critical of the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen. Bahrain and Kuwait followed suit while the United Arab Emirates withdrew its diplomats from Beirut.
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