The so-called "Saudi Arabia Kingdom" decided to reveal the real motifs behind the military bounty which has been used to blackmail the Lebanese.

The so-called "Saudi Arabia Kingdom" decided to reveal the real motifs behind the military bounty which has been used to blackmail the Lebanese.

The Saudi news agency quoted an official source as saying that the Kingdom halted its military aid to Lebanon.

The official source added that the Kingdom has carried out a comprehensive review of its relations with the Republic of Lebanon in line with these positions and protection of the Kingdom's interests. The Kingdom has taken a number of decisions as follows:

First: Stopping the Saudi scheduled aid to arm the Lebanese army through the French Republic amounted to $ three billion.

Second: Stopping the rest of the Kingdom's planned assistance of $ one billion to the Lebanese Internal Security Forces.

The source added that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has "exerted utmost efforts" to prevent matters from reaching to the current status, confirming, at the same time, the Kingdom's "stand by the Lebanese people with all its sects, and the Kingdom will not give the Lebanese people up and continue to support them", stressing that these positions "do not represent the Lebanese people."

The source concluded that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia appreciates the "positions issued by some Lebanese officials and dignitaries, including Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam, who expressed their stand by and solidarity with the Kingdom" as well as their pride of the "distinguished relations binding the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Lebanese people where the Kingdom is always keen to strengthen and enhance these relations."