Lebanon will come up with a plan on August 31 to convince Hezbollah to disarm, US Special Envoy for Syria and Lebanon Thomas Barrack says.
Israel will give a counterproposal when it receives Lebanon’s plan, Barrack says after meeting with the Lebanese president in Beirut.
Barrack says the plan Lebanon is preparing will not necessarily involve military action to persuade Hezbollah to give up its weapons.
“The Lebanese army and the government are not talking about going to war. They are talking about how to convince Hezbollah to give up those arms,” he says.
Last week, Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem warned the Lebanese government against confronting the Iran-backed group, stating that there would be “no life” in Lebanon if it did.
Israel signaled it would reduce its military presence in southern Lebanon if the Lebanese Armed Forces acted to disarm Hezbollah, according to a statement from the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday.
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