Beirut, Oct 30 (TIWN) Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has expressed his regret at Saudi Arabia's decision to expel the country's Ambassador and ban imports after a Minister in Beirut criticised the Riyadh-led coalition's war in Yemen.

Mikati reiterated his government’s commitment to good relations with Saudi Arabia and called on Arab partners to put the diplomatic crisis behind them, reports Xinhua news agency.  Saudi Arabia on Friday decided to ban all imports from Lebanon and gave the Lebanese ambassador 48 hours to leave the Kingdom, after comments by Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi that called the Yemeni Houthi militia’s actions “self-defence” against the Saudi-led coalition.