The Saudi Foreign Ministry said on Friday that the Kingdom was following events in Lebanon closely after gun battles left at least six people dead and several others wounded in the country"s capital city on Thursday. A ministry statement said Saudi Arabia stood with the people of Lebanon and hoped the situation would stabilize soon. Tension over an investigation into a massive blast last year in Beirut developed into the worst street violence in the country in more than a decade on Thursday. "The Kingdom aspires for Lebanon to achieve security and peace by ending the possession and use of weapons outside the framework of the state, and for strengthening the Lebanese state for the benefit of all Lebanese," the Saudi statement said.