US deputy envoy Morgan Ortagus summoned the Lebanese top diplomat and other ministers to attend a meeting at the embassy headquarters in Awkar.
Has the US diplomat become a high commissioner in Lebanon?
Observing the diplomatic norms sustains the national sovereignty of the countries. However, Ortagus summoned the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Ministers of Energy, Public Works, Economy and Industry, Administrative and Financial Development, and the new Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon. She summoned them as if she were a high commissioner.
The journalist Mohammad Alloush told Al-Manar TV that Ortagus deliberately summoned the Lebanese officials instead of visiting them at their offices, adding that this hides a US intention to show that Washington completely controls Lebanon’s political situation.
The main question here is how the foreign minister Youssef Rajji accepted this diplomatic violation carried out by Ortagus who does not have the capacity of meeting ministers.
Source: Al-Manar English Website
