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Lebanon president says ceasefire should move to permanent agreements ...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Friday that a ceasefire agreed to by his country should be transformed into "permanent agreements," without saying whether he was referring to a ...
Lebanon president says country is no longer a pawn amid Israel ceasefire
President Joseph Aoun promised to work to preserve Lebanon’s sovereignty and freedom.Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has said that the country would no longer be an “arena for anyone’s wars”, and that the ceasefire with Israel should lead to work on permanent agreements.In a televised address to the Lebanese public on Friday, he said that Lebanon was no longer “a pawn in anyone’s game, nor an arena for anyone’s wars, and we never will be again”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Scholar Rumeysa Ozturk returns to Turkiye following Trump deportation pushlist 2 of 3UN warns South Sudan at risk of ‘full-scale famine’ as fighting intensifieslist 3 of 3‘Turning point’: How Marie-Louise Eta can trail a blaze for women in sportend of listHis speech comes a day after a 10-day ceasefire was announced between Lebanon and Israel, bringing respite from Israeli attacks that began on March 2, after Hezbollah fired at Israel, and have left more than 2,200 dead and more than a million displaced.Aoun said that they were entering a phase of “transition from working on a ceasefire to working on permanent agreements that preserve the rights of our people, the unity of our land, and the sovereignty of our nation.”He expressed gratitude to those who he said helped end the hostilities, naming United States President Donald Trump and “all our Arab brothers, foremost among them the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”.Aoun promised that any agreement reached would not infringe on the country’s rights or relinquish any of its land, and that the negotiations were not a weakness or a concession.The ceasefire was announced days after Lebanon and Israel held their first direct talks in decades in Washington, which prompted criticism from the Lebanese population.“Our objective is clear and declared: to stop Israeli aggression against our land and our people, to obtain Israeli withdrawal, to extend state authority over all its land by its own forces, to ensure the return of prisoners, and to enable our families to return to their homes and villages, in safety, freedom and dignity,” the president said.Israel continues to occupy areas of southern Lebanon despite the truce, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying troops would not withdraw during the ceasefire.
Lebanon working on 'permanent agreements' after truce - RTÉ
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has said his country is on the verge of a "new phase" of "permanent agreements", after the ten-day ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war went into force.
Lebanon president says working on 'permanent agreements' after Israel truce
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Friday that his country was on the verge of a "new phase" of "permanent agreements", after the 10-day ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war went into force.
