An unnamed diplomat said the security forces’ delay in revealing what happened to the seven kidnapped Estonians will have great repercussions on Lebanon’s foreign relations, Kuwaiti newspaper As-Seyassah reported on Saturday.
The repercussions will not be in Lebanon’s interests, the source also said.
Lebanon must work hard to resolve the kidnapping and must reveal all details of the situation, the source added.
The daily also quoted the source as saying that some European countries asked their citizens in Lebanon to be extremely cautious as they move from one area to another.
Seven European citizens were kidnapped near the Bekaa city of Zahle on Wednesday after they entered Lebanon from Syria on their bikes.
Abductions have been very rare in Lebanon since the kidnappings of Western hostages during Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war. Nearly 100 foreigners, mostly Americans and western Europeans, were kidnapped between 1982 and 1990.
Lebanon's Bekaa Valley is renowned for its lawlessness, drug trafficking and feuding clans.
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