BEIRUT: No one can control Lebanon, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, citing "strong ties" between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.

The pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat published on Thursday quoted Jubeir as saying that "Lebanon is a country to all the Lebanese, no one can control it's policy."

The remarks came in response to a question if Saudi Arabia accepts that Lebanon maintains a dissociation policy regarding the Gulf rift with Qatar.

The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain severed diplomatic ties with Qatar Monday over long-standing allegations that Doha is courting Iran, which they deem the region’s biggest external threat, and supporting Islamist groups, seen as the biggest internal danger.

The four countries also cut transport links to tiny gas-rich Qatar, disrupting food and other supplies and deepening uncertainty about the future of trade and investment ties.

"We have strong ties with Lebanon and there's a large Lebanese community in Saudi Arabia. The country has played a big role in ending the Civil War through the Taif Accord," Jubeir said during a joint news conference French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

Jubeir said that Saudi Arabia designate Hezbollah as a terror group.

"They must let Lebanon revive and evolve," he added.

During a Riyadh summit, which was attended by U.S. President Donald Trump, last month, the Saudi-led bloc’s concluding statement called on Hezbollah to withdraw from Syria and come under the umbrella of the state.

Most leaders blasted Iran and Hezbollah for their alleged role in exacerbating regional tensions.