DUBAI- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held talks with Lebanon's Maronite Christian Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai in Riyadh on Tuesday, al-Arabiya television reported, as a political crisis in Lebanon drags on.

Al-Rai met earlier with Saudi King Salman on the second day of his first visit to Saudi Arabia. He also held talks with Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as prime minister of Lebanon from Riyadh on Nov. 4.



(Reporting by Dahlia Nehme; editing by John Stonestreet) ((dahlia.nehme@thomsonreuters.com; 0096171552500;))