Kuwait FM Visits Beirut in First Since Diplomatic Rift
KUWAIT CITY (Reuters) – Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah will visit Beirut, in the first such visit by a senior Persian Gulf official since a diplomatic spat last year. In October Kuwait, alongside Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, expelled Lebanese diplomats and recalled their own envoys following a minister’s critical comments about the Saudi-led military aggression in Yemen. Sheikh Ahmad would meet Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s in the evening, the prime minister’s office said in a statement. Sheikh Ahmad is expected to meet Hezbollah allies President Michel Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Sunday, according to Lebanese official sources.