Kuwait orders Lebanese diplomat to leave over Kordahi comments
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 02:07 | 30 October 2021
- Modified Date: 02:07 | 30 October 2021
Kuwait on Saturday ordered Lebanon's charge d'affaires to leave the country and recalled its ambassador from Beirut in protest over comments made by a Lebanese cabinet minister criticising the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen.
The senior Lebanese diplomat was given 48 hours to leave Kuwait, the Gulf Arab state's official news agency KUNA said, quoting a foreign ministry statement.
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