title: Visiting Lebanese patriarch meets Saad al-Hariri in Saudi Arabia: Arabiya TV
text: DUBAI (Reuters) - Lebanon s Christian Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai met on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia with Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon s prime minister from Riyadh on Nov. 4, according to Saudi-owned al-Arabiya TV. Hariri abruptly announced his resignation in a television broadcast, saying he believed there was an assassination plot against him and accusing Saudi Arabia s arch-foe Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of sowing strife in the Arab world. Patriarch Beshara al-Rai is making an historic first visit to Saudi Arabia. 