Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani said Saturday that Lebanon needs to demonstrate that its powerful Iran-allied Hezbollah movement can change its behavior to mend a rift with Gulf Arab states.
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Lebanon is facing a diplomatic crisis with Gulf states, triggered by a minister's critical comments about the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen that prompted Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait to expel Lebanon's top diplomats and recall their own envoys. read more
Concerned about Hezbollah's growing influence, Gulf states, traditional aid donors to Lebanon, have been withholding support to the country which is suffering a deep economic crisis.
"We [can] extend support and try to find solutions in the future, but once it is demonstrated that Hezbollah can be changing its behavior," Zayani told the IISS Manama Dialogue security forum in Bahrain.
