BEIRUT — Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said that Lebanon is committed to preventing any verbal or practical harm to the Gulf countries.

He called on Tuesday the Lebanese to respect the security of brotherly countries, including members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the National News Agency reported.

"Saudi Arabia and the rest of the GCC countries have always supported all the Lebanese equally without discrimination," Mawlawi said during a meeting with the Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari in Beirut.

"We will continue adopting this approach for the sake of our country and its stability as well as the stability of Arab countries, as Arab security is common among all countries in the region," he noted.

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait announced on Thursday the return of their ambassadors to Lebanon after the latter's Prime Minister Najib Mikati pledged to take the necessary and required measures to enhance cooperation with GCC members.

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, all GCC members, recalled their ambassadors to Lebanon in October 2021 to protest against the comments made by former Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi, who criticized the Arab coalition's involvement in the civil war of Yemen. — Agencies