JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Salman, held a phone call with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Friday to discuss the latest regional developments.
During the call, the two leaders also discussed efforts aimed at reinforcing security and stability in Lebanon and the region, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
The Lebanese president conveyed his sincere appreciation for the Kingdom’s stance towards Lebanon and its continued support for efforts aimed at strengthening stability and peace in the region.
Saudi Arabia has repeatedly voiced support for Lebanon’s security, stability and sovereignty amid ongoing regional challenges.
عرض رئيس الجمهورية العماد جوزاف عون مع صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير محمد بن سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود، ولي العهد، رئيس مجلس الوزراء في المملكة العربية السعودية خلال اتصال هاتفي بعد ظهر اليوم، الأوضاع العامة في لبنان والمنطقة في ضوء التطورات الراهنة.
وشكر الرئيس عون سمو ولي العهد…— Lebanese Presidency (@LBpresidency) June 5, 2026
Earlier, President Joseph Aoun urged Iran not to interfere in his country in a video interview published on Friday by CNN, also telling Hezbollah that diplomacy was the only solution to the conflict with Israel.
“It’s not your country, it’s our country… It’s not your job to interfere in our country,” Aoun told Iran in the interview, adding that “they are using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in their negotiation with the United States. It’s unacceptable.”
“Hezbollah must understand that (there is) no other way but to sit and talk, no other way to solve this problem and to save what’s left except through negotiation and diplomacy,” he added.
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s parliament speaker Nabih Berri on Friday said he would agree to the withdrawal of Hezbollah from southern Lebanon if Israeli troops simultaneously left the territory they occupy in the country.
He added that he “agrees to… Hezbollah’s withdrawal from south of the Litani River, in parallel with the Israeli withdrawal from the areas it occupied.”
Lebanon says Israeli attacks have killed more than 3,500 people since Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the wider Middle East war on March 2, firing rockets at Israel in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran’s supreme leader.
The World Health Organisation said last week that more than 600 people had been killed in Lebanon since the April 17 truce.
