Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry has welcomed US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire in Lebanon, AFP reports.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom’s welcome of the announcement … of a ceasefire in brotherly Lebanon,” state news agency SPA reports.

“It also commended the significant positive role played by President Joseph Aoun of the Lebanese Republic, the Lebanese government headed by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri.”