FILE PHOTO - Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri speaks to media after the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt meeting to discuss their dispute with Qatar, in Manama, Bahrain July 30, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday dispatched his foreign minister for talks with Arab nations over the regional crisis triggered by the resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, the ministry said.
Hariri's resignation has plunged Lebanon into crisis, pushing the small Arab country to the forefront of rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Shi'ite revolutionary Iran, and heightening regional tensions.
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