Lebanese President Michel Sleiman postponed a visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday amid intense security situation in Lebanon

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman postponed a visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday amid intense security situation in Lebanon.

A statement issued by his office did not set a new date for the visit.

The statement said that Sleiman followed up the security situation in the eastern city of Baalbek and the issue of Lebanese asylum-seekers whose boat sank off Indonesia on Friday.

“The president was briefed on the measures taken by the authorities to deal with the two issues,” it added.