By Naharnet

The meeting of Saudi Charge d’affairs Walid
al-Bukhari with caretaker Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil on Friday
signaled an improvement in relations between Lebanon and the Gulf States
after an earlier deterioration in ties, al-Joumhouria daily reported on
Saturday. Discussions between the two men focused on the latest developments in Lebanon and the region, reports had said.

Al-Bukhari
conveyed two messages to Bassil, the first from the Saudi authorities
and another from his Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir. No details were revealed about the content of the messages.

Unnamed sources at the foreign ministry described the
atmospheres of talks and told the daily: “Dialogue was positive, and the
meeting came after previous strained relations between Lebanon and the
Gulf State. There is no turning back and the Lebanese-Saudi relations are back on the right track. “Lebanon adheres to good relations with Riyadh and the Gulf,” they concluded. Relations
between the two countries deteriorated in February after Saudi Arabia
halted a $3 billion program for military supplies to Lebanon in protest against Hizbullah’s policies and diplomatic stances by the Lebanese foreign ministry, warned its citizens against traveling to Lebanon.