Saudi king Salman bin Abdul-Aziz and Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Defence Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman received Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh.
The meeting focused on bilateral relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Lebanon and confirmed the importance of different religions and cultures in strengthening tolerance, rejecting violence, extremism and terrorism and achieving peace and security for the region’s people and the world.
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri also received Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi during his rare historic visit to Riyadh.