{"id":435679,"date":"2017-11-10T07:24:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T07:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/10\/french-president-makes-surprise-saudi-visit\/"},"modified":"2017-11-10T07:24:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T07:24:11","slug":"french-president-makes-surprise-saudi-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/10\/french-president-makes-surprise-saudi-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"French President makes surprise Saudi visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-273920\">\n<div class=\"post-header post-tp-1-header\">\n<div class=\"single-featured\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MACRON-SAUDI.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix single-post-content\">\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will stress the importance of stability in Lebanon as he began an unscheduled visit to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after Lebanese PM Saad Hariri resigned on Saturday while in Riyadh, saying he feared for his life.<\/p>\n<p>This prompted suspicions that Mr Hariri was pressured by the Saudis to resign.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Macron also said he would discuss the crisis in Yemen with Saudi leaders, after the Saudi-led coalition shut all aid routes to the war-torn nation.<\/p>\n<p>The blockade was imposed on Monday after a missile was fired from Yemen at Riyadh. 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