DUBAI—French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged Saudi Arabia’s crown prince had agreed to re-retract with Lebanon after Riyadh scale again ties with its neighbor, in the key shuttle by a indispensable Western chief to the dominion on tale of the 2018 killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Lebanon’s economic crisis deepened final month after Saudi Arabia banned the country’s imports and expelled its ambassador, citing frustration over the role that Hezbollah, an ally of Saudi rival Iran, plays in Lebanese politics. Lebanese Data Minister George Kordahi—whose remarks about the Saudi-led battle in Yemen sparked that row—resigned earlier than Mr. Macron’s shuttle, announcing he hoped doing so would resolve the crisis.
