在沙特暂停了对黎巴嫩的30亿美元军事援助后，黎巴嫩政府周一称，修补和沙特的关系是必须的。并且派遣总理就此事与沙特进行接触。
因为黎巴嫩一直没有谴责沙特外交使团在德黑兰遇袭，沙特暂停了对黎巴嫩的援助。黎巴嫩联合政府由支持和反对沙特的人组成，包括真主党。
黎巴嫩总理在电视新闻会议上称，黎巴嫩内阁全体通过了声明。作为对上月沙特遇袭的怀疑的回应，强烈谴责了上月对沙特大使馆的袭击。
声明中说，我们认为修补与兄弟们的关系，消除最近出现的隔阂，是必须的。声明称，黎巴嫩总理的接触，会对为完成这个目标的海湾之行铺平道路。
声明中还说，黎巴嫩不会忘记沙特对结束1975-1990年黎巴嫩内战的和平协议提供的资助，不会忘记它在重建国家中的角色，不会忘记它对黎巴嫩财政，经济，军队以及安全机构的支持。同样的，黎巴嫩也不会忘记沙特王国和其他海湾国家对数百万来自各派的黎巴嫩人民的接纳和继续接纳。
海湾国家是黎巴嫩雇工的重要来源。
The Lebanese government said on Monday it was necessary to fix ties with Saudi Arabia after Riyadh last week suspended a $3 billion aid package to the Lebanese army, and tasked Prime Minister Tammam Salam with making contacts to that end.
Saudi Arabia suspended the aid in response to Beirut's failure to condemn attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran. The Lebanese national unity government groups both allies and enemies of Saudi Arabia, including the Iranian-backed Shi'ite group Hezbollah.
Salam, speaking in a televised news conference, said the cabinet statement had been passed unanimously. In response to a question on the attacks last month, he said "we strongly condemn" the attack on the Saudi embassy.
"The cabinet deems it necessary to fix relations between Lebanon and its brothers, and to remove any flaws that may have emerged in recent times," the statement said.
It said Salam's contacts should "pave the way for a Gulf tour ... with this aim".
The statement said Lebanon would not forget Saudi Arabia's sponsorship of the peace agreement that ended Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war, its role in rebuilding the country, and its support for Lebanon's "financial, economic, military and security institutions".
"Likewise it will not forget that the kingdom, and the rest of the Gulf Arab states ... embraced and continue to (embrace) hundreds of thousands of Lebanese of all sects", the statement said. The Gulf is a crucial source of employment for Lebanese.
