Lebanese president to visit Saudi Arabia on April 15

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud will pay an official visit to Saudi Arabia on April 15, his first visit to Saudi Arabia since his election. The visit is also in the course of a tour to be held by the Lebanese president covering Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Iran.

The Saudi ambassador to Lebanon, Fuad Sadeq, said in a statement to the Saudi daily Okaz that during his visit to Saudi Arabia, "the Lebanese president will hold talks with King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia on various issues of mutual concern, important developments in the region in light of the stumbled Middle East peace process and the tension prevailing in the region due to the policy of deception and the obstacles placed by the government of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak before achieving progress in the Middle East peace process."