Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh said that there were only consultative meetings in Doha, which would allow foreign and economy ministers to prepare for the Kuwait Summit to be held on Monday. The latter summit would also discuss the situation in the Gaza strip.

Speaking to As-Sharq newspaper and the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Dar on Friday, he said he hoped that the underway calls would put an end to the current debate about the Doha Summit.

He added that Lebanon would define its stance toward the participation in any meeting, if the Qatari invitation failed to reach the quorum of 15 members.

Salloukh said that the Arab Economic Summit in Kuwait was likely to be transformed into a political one.

-NOW Staff