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Kuwait Hands Lebanese Charge d'Affaires Protest Note over FM's Remarks

An aerial view shows Kuwait City aft, Kuwait March 16, 2020. (Reuters)

Kuwait on Tuesday summoned the Lebanese embassy's charge d'affaires to hand him an official protest note condemning Lebanon's foreign minister's "insults", Kuwait's foreign ministry said in a statement.

The foreign ministry added that the "severe insults" made by caretaker Lebanese foreign minister, Charbel Wehbe, in a TV interview towards the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council "are contrary to the historical brotherly relations that ties GCC states with Lebanon."

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