Summary
Lebanon has no choice but to stick to its Arab identity, Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk said in Cairo Tuesday after holding talks with Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby on the latest political crisis over the government's foreign policy that was sparked off at a recent meeting of Arab foreign ministers.
Seeking to contain the grave economic impact of the Saudi aid suspension, the Lebanese Cabinet Monday issued a statement aimed at reassuring Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states of Lebanon's commitment to Arab unanimity and causes.
Machnouk also said that he had proposed withdrawing the Future Movement's ministers from the government and dialogue in a show of solidarity with Saudi Arabia over the aid row.
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