Lebanese Premier Najeeb Miqati and accompanying delegation left Riyadh tonight. He was seen off at Riyadh air base by Iyad bin Ameen Madani, the Minister of Culture and Information, Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Dr. Abdulaziz Moheddin Khoja and a representative of the Royal Protocol. In a departure statement, Miqati said his talks with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Commander of the National Guard, and Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, were in the benefit of the people and government of Lebanon. He expressed pleasure of his visit to the Kingdom, lauding the historic ties binding the two countries which he said were based on understanding and cooperation. Miqati expressed thanks to the Kingdom for its continual support for his country, recalling that the process of national reconciliation in Lebanon was linked to Altaif Arrangement. On the current political situation in Lebanon, he said Lebanon is set to have its parliamentary elections and that Lebanon is prosperous and promising to continue the march, the foundation of which was laid by martyr Rafiq Alhariri during his premiership era.
