Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to pull his troops out of Lebanon in accordance with UN Security Council demands.
‘Prince Abdullah advised President Assad to withdraw rapidly
from Lebanon and to announce a timetable for the pullout to contain the Lebanese crisis and the international pressure on Syria,’ according to an official.
US-led demands for the implementation of Resolution 1559, passed by the UNSC last September, have intensified since the assassination last month of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri.
The attack has been widely blamed on Syria.
Saudi Arabia, which granted Hariri citizenship in acknowledgement of his huge business interests in the kingdom, has led calls for a transparent investigation of the killing.
