Bahrain Foreign Ministry summoned Lebanese Charge D’affaires Friday night over remarks made by MP Michel Aoun over the revolution in the Gulf Kingdom.

Bahrain Foreign Ministry summoned Lebanese Charge D'affaires Friday night over remarks made by MP Michel Aoun over the revolution in the Gulf Kingdom.

Bahrain’s official news agency, BNA, reported that the Foreign Ministry there summoned Ibrahim Assaf to contest Aoun’s comments which the Gulf state regarded as “interference in its internal affairs and an unacceptable infringement to its sovereignty."

According to the agency, the ministry also demanded an official clarification from Beirut, in a development that could strain ties between the two countries.

Speaking to an Iranian television station Wednesday, Aoun criticized the international community and the Arab League for its lack of support to Bahraini protesters, who he said are being subjected to “injustice.”

BNA also that the Bahraini undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and regional Cooperation Council and Ambassador Hamad al-Amer sent Assaf an official complaint condemning Aoun's remarks.