Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urges the United States to stand by his country after a recent US-backed framework deal with Israel aiming to permanently end hostilities after the latest Israel-Hezbollah war.
The deal reached in Washington calls for the disarmament of Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah, a gradual Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon and the deployment of the Lebanese army there, starting with two “pilot” areas.
Hezbollah has rejected the deal, which does not set a timetable for an Israeli withdrawal.
In a congratulatory message to US President Donald Trump marking the United States’ 250th anniversary of independence, Aoun urges Washington to “keep always standing beside Lebanon’s right and just causes, its institutions, army and people.”
Aoun expresses hope that Lebanon could “turn the page on wars… and open a new page of hope, peace and stability.”
In a message also marking the independence anniversary, the US embassy in Lebanon says on X that “it is with great pride that we stand with the people of Lebanon as they forge a brighter future — one of peace, prosperity, and promise long overdue.”
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