Ambassador Walid al-Yaacoubi and his Lebanese counterpart in Saudi Arabia were caught in an apparent dispute over representation, with each country delaying accreditation of the other's diplomat, though both were named months ago.
The delay highlighted lingering tensions between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon following the bizarre, now-reversed resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri from Riyadh.
The resignation at the time was widely perceived as Saudi-orchestrated.
Al-Yaacoubi presented his credentials to President Michel Aoun today, after Lebanese Ambassador Fawzi Kabbara, a member of Hariri's political party, was approved in Riyadh.
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