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US official confirms Lebanese president invited to visit White House on July 21
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The White House has invited Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to visit the United States on July 21, a White House official tells Reuters, after Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement in Washington last month following several days of US-mediated talks aimed at ending fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists.
Aoun’s July 21 visit was revealed a day earlier by Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter. The US has sought to organize a trilateral meeting between Aoun, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump, but Beirut has pushed back on the idea so long as Israel maintains forces in southern Lebanon. After a call last week between Trump and Netanyahu, the Prime Minister’s Office said the pair would be meeting soon in the US, with no date confirmed.
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