Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid bin Abdullah Bukhari, right, and Lebanon’s caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi attend a press conference at Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. “Any country that has a non-state actor within it is considered a ‘failed state,’” Salman Al-Ansari, a Saudi political researcher, told Arab News. In March, Saudi Arabia and Iran restored diplomatic relations under a Chinese-mediated deal. (Getty Images/AFP)“It is still unclear what the Chinese mediation between Saudi Arabia and Iran will result in with regard to the Lebanese file,” Al-Ansari said. “Saudi Arabia doesn’t want anything from Lebanon except for it to be politically stable and prosperous.

Source: The Nation May 31, 2023 03:12 UTC