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Sunday, February 23, 2025
Lebanese president tells Iranian parliament speaker: Country is ‘tired of others’ wars’
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun tells Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf that his country “paid a heavy price” for the Palestinian cause and is “tired of others’ wars” during a meeting in the president’s official residence outside Beirut.
Ghalibaf, who traveled to Lebanon for today’s funeral for slain Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, meets with the president as part of a larger delegation including Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and its ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani.
Ghalibaf tells Aoun that Iran is willing to help Lebanon with its reconstruction efforts following Israel’s ground invasion, according to a post from the Lebanese president’s official X account.
Aoun tells the Iranian official that Lebanon’s leadership supports the Gaza reconstruction plan discussed during Friday’s Arab summit in Riyadh, which laid out a path towards a two-state solution in opposition to Trump’s plan for the mass relocation of Gazans outside the enclave.
رئيس الجمهورية خلال لقائه الوفد الإيراني في قصر بعبدا:
– لبنان تعب من حروب الآخرين ووحدة اللبنانيين هي أفضل مواجهة لأي خسارة أو عدوان
– لبنان دفع ثمناً كبيراً من أجل القضية الفلسطينية
ويدعم ما صدر عن قمة الرياض الأخيرة بالنسبة إلى حل الدولتين pic.twitter.com/EkKwHqbtbf— Lebanese Presidency (@LBpresidency) February 23, 2025
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