Bahrain expels Lebanese ambassador from its territory

SANAA, Oct. 30 (YPA) – The Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the ambassador of Lebanon to leave the territory of the Kingdom of Bahrain on Friday.

The ministry indicated that it “gave the ambassador 48 hours to leave Bahrain,” according to the Bahrain News Agency (BNA).

The ministry  clarified that “the decision to leave the ambassador of Lebanon from the territory of the Kingdom of Bahrain is against the background of the unacceptable and offensive statements and stances issued by Lebanese officials during the recent period.”

It affirmed that “this decision does not affect the Lebanese brothers residing in Bahrain.”

The Bahraini Foreign Ministry’s demand to leave the Lebanese ambassador comes after the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia issued a similar decision Friday evening, summoning its ambassador to Lebanon for consultations, and giving the Lebanese ambassador 48 hours to leave its lands.

The Saudi government also decided on Friday, to stop all Lebanese imports into the Kingdom.

The crisis erupted after she published a television interview with George Kurdahi, which was recorded with him before he assumed his post as Minister of Information in Lebanon, in which he considered that the Yemeni “Ansarullah” group “has been defending itself in the face of a foreign aggression against Yemen for years.”

E.M