Saudi King Salman bin Abulaziz Al-Saud chats with Lebanon's President Michel Aoun (L) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 10, 2017. Dalati Nohra/Handout via Reuters
RIYADH (Reuters) - Lebanon's President Michel Aoun said his country's ties with Saudi Arabia were recovering, after tensions linked to the regional rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran led Riyadh to cancel $3 billion (2.5 billion pounds) of military aid to Beirut last year.
Aoun, an ally of the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah, visited Saudi Arabia this week, trying to mend relations with the Sunni Muslim monarchy which has traditionally backed Hezbollah's opponents in Lebanon.
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