Lebanon’s president discusses Gulf crisis with Qatar’s emir

By BASSEM MROUE
Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s president has discussed his country’s economic meltdown and an unprecedented diplomatic crisis between Beirut and Persian Gulf nations with the Emir of Qatar. The emir promised to help the small country ease its problems. The meeting Monday between President Michel Aoun and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani came shortly after the Lebanese leader arrived in the Qatari capital of Doha for the opening ceremony of an Arab soccer tournament and for talks on the crisis with Gulf nations. The meeting came as Lebanon sinks deeper into its economic crisis, the worst in its modern history.