File photo: Charbel Wehbe, Lebanon's newly appointed foreign minister arrives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2020. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
Beirut: Lebanon's caretaker foreign minister asked the president to be relieved of his duties on Wednesday, the presidency wrote on Twitter, after his comments in a television interview strained ties with his country's traditional Gulf Arab allies and donors.
Charbel Wehbe, who is a minister in Lebanon's caretaker government, stoked tensions with his remarks on Monday.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain summoned Lebanon's ambassadors and issued formal complaints.
