{"id":53083,"date":"2017-11-18T05:47:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T05:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=53083"},"modified":"2017-11-18T05:47:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T05:47:40","slug":"saudi-arabia-recalls-its-ambassador-to-germany-for-consultation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/saudi-arabia-recalls-its-ambassador-to-germany-for-consultation.html","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia recalls its ambassador to Germany for consultation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Saudi Arabia recalls its ambassador to Germany for consultation<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Saudi Arabia has summoned its ambassador in Germany home for consultations over comments allegedly made by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel during a meeting with his Lebanese counterpart, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The ministry said Saudi Arabia would deliver a protest note to Germany\u2019s ambassador in Riyadh over what it said were \u201cbaseless\u201d comments made by Gabriel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\u201cSuch remarks provoke the surprise and disapproval of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which considers them as aimless and based on false information that would not help bringing about stability in the region,\u201d the ministry said in a statement in English carried by Saudi state news agency SPA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The controversy revolves around the resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri while on a visit to Saudi Arabia on Nov. 4, accusing the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah group of spreading chaos in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Hariri\u2019s abrupt resignation and continued stay in Saudi Arabia has raised concern over Lebanon\u2019s stability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Hariri has since left Saudi Arabia with his family for a visit to France, in what was seen as a possible way out of the crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The Saudi ministry did not single out any specific remarks by Gabriel it was referring to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">But on its website, the German foreign ministry quoted Gabriel as telling his Lebanese counterpart Gebran Bassil that \u201cGermany stands firmly by Lebanon\u2019s side\u201d, and warned against fanning tension in the Middle East.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\u201cAnother trouble spot is the last thing that people in the Middle East need now,\u201d Gabriel said, according to his ministry\u2019s website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-saudi-germany-lebanon\/saudi-arabia-recalls-its-ambassador-to-germany-for-consultation-idUSKBN1DI00V<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/saudi-arabia-recalls-its-ambassador-to-germany-for-consultation.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia recalls its ambassador to Germany for consultation Saudi Arabia has summoned its ambassador in Germany home for consultations over comments allegedly made by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel during a meeting with his Lebanese counterpart, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. 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