Asiri on Hizbullah's Searching of Embassy Car: No One Has Authority to Take over State Duties
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awadh Asiri condemned Hizbullah members' searching of a Saudi Embassy car on Thursday, saying that such a development leaves a “negative impression” before the public, reported An Nahar daily on Saturday.
He told the daily: “No side has the right to perform the duties of the state.”
He hoped that the incident would not be repeated, because it violates diplomatic norms.
“I have long expressed my keenness on the kingdom's ties with Lebanon, its people and government, but the incident contradicts these strong bonds,” Asiri added.
He revealed that he had expressed his “strong objection” to the incident to caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour and later caretaker Premier Najib Miqati.
For his part, Mansour apologized for the Hizbullah's inspection of the car, saying that contacts are ongoing with the concerned sides in order to avert future incidents, remarked the ambassador.
The Saudi Embassy in Lebanon objected on Friday to Hizbullah's searching of one of its vehicles in Beirut, reported LBCI television.
It said that it filed the complaint to the Foreign Ministry after members of the party stopped an embassy vehicle in the Gallery Semaan area near Beirut's southern suburbs.
The members recorded the names of the embassy employees riding in the car before allowing them to continue on their way.
31 August 2013, 08:57
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Get use to it Asiri, for as long as you stir the pot in Lebanon amongst its people & its neighbor.
You shall reap what you seed as they say !
Signed Wolf !
31 August 2013, 09:02
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respecting the law is certainly not something m8 will ever do. they are an Iranian terrorist militia and they prove it each day.
31 August 2013, 09:22
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All measures should be taken to ensure all Saudi citizens in Lebanon, diplomatic or otherwise, are thoroughly investigated and searched to ensure they are not plotting their usual terrorist schemes.
Saudi Arabia is the prime sponsor of Wahabist terrorism and is a grave threat to Lebanese national security.
31 August 2013, 10:28
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Hizballah's thugs have been harassing a number of diplomats, at this rate they will destroy all that is left of Lebanese authority.
31 August 2013, 10:32
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Mansour works directly for Assad and if anyone searched a Syrian car he would lodged a complaint against Lebanon at the UN.
31 August 2013, 11:54
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and is it you and your hizb who decide if they "loose" their immunity?
31 August 2013, 14:06
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1 OOO OOO% Tony Farris
Another shameful act of terror and a clear violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
Saudi Arabia earned the right to retaliate in a similar fashion, but they won't do it because they're more civilised than these lebanese thugs that shame an entire nation.
