BEIRUT Sa’ad Hariri, who resigned from his post as Lebanon’s prime minister on November 4 from Saudi Arabia, reaffirmed on Wednesday he will return to Lebanon.

“I want to repeat and affirm that I am perfectly fine and I will return, God willing, to dear Lebanon as I promised you, you’ll see,” he wrote on Twitter.

On Tuesday, on Twitter, he had called on everyone to “chill”.

He had also said he planned to return to Lebanon in the next two days.

“People, I am fine. And God willing I will come back in a couple of days. Let’s chill”, Hariri wrote, adding that he was in good shape. His phrasing suggested he would return sometime in the coming days, rather than setting a precise date.

Lebanon’s foreign minister meanwhile said during a trip to Paris that his country may resort to international law to determine Hariri’s condition, suggesting he is being held under some form of house arrest, if he doesn’t return to Lebanon.

On Tuesday, Hariri met with the Lebanese Maronite Patriarch, who visited Saudi Arabia, the first publicised meeting with a Lebanese official. But there were no TV cameras allowed into the meeting and only photos of the encounter were released.

President Michel Aoun has refused to accept Hariri’s resignation and urged him to come home. Speaking from Paris, Lebanon’s foreign minister said he hoped to resolve the “ambiguous” Hariri situation with Saudi Arabia. Bassil spoke after meeting French President Emmanuel Macron, who said he “hopes Saad Hariri can go to Lebanon as he has announced,” according to the president’s office.

France, Lebanon’s one-time colonial ruler, is seeking to play a mediating role in the region and Macron paid a surprise visit to Saudi Arabia last week. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is heading to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.

Hariri’s resignation came amid mounting tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Hariri lashed out at Hezbollah in his resignation speech and said he feared for his safety. Saudi Arabia has accused Hezbollah of declaring war on the kingdom by supporting Yemen’s Al Houthi militia, who fired a ballistic missile the night of Hariri’s resignation that was intercepted near Riyadh.

Last week, Saudi Arabia called on its citizens to leave Lebanon “immediately,” raising fears of further escalation.

In his interview, Hariri hinted he may reconsider his resignation if Hezbollah agreed to discuss staying out of regional affairs.