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Lebanese president visits Qatar amid Gulf crisis

President Michel Aoun’s meetings in Doha focused on Lebanon-Qatar relations, soccer and the crisis between Lebanon and Gulf countries.

President of Lebanon Michel Aoun arrives to address the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters on Sept. 25, 2019 in New York City.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun arrives to address the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters on Sept. 25, 2019, in New York City. — Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Lebanese President Michel Aoun visited Qatar on Monday. 

Aoun met Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in the capital, Doha. The two discussed bilateral relations, and Thani expressed Qatar’s “readiness to assist” Lebanon, Aoun’s office said in a series of tweets. 

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