US EditionLebanon PM Says His Government Will Not Let Hezbollah ‘Intimidate Us’
Salam said Lebanon will keep direct talks with Israel as US-mediated negotiations begin, while the government seeks a full withdrawal and warns against Hezbollah intimidation.
- On Tuesday, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris to strengthen Lebanon's negotiating position for direct talks with Israel, seeking full withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon.
- A 10-day ceasefire mediated by Washington came into effect last Thursday, yet Israeli forces remain deployed in a 5-10 km deep border zone to shield northern Israel from Hezbollah attacks.
- Addressing the humanitarian crisis, Salam stated Lebanon requires 500 million euros to support 1.2 million displaced people, while Macron emphasized France's significant presence with 700 UN peacekeepers.
- Ambassador-Level talks continue this Thursday in Washington, with Salam stating his government will not allow itself to be "intimidated" by the Iran-backed Hezbollah while pursuing Israeli withdrawal.
- Macron urged Israel to "renounce its territorial ambitions" while calling on Hezbollah to disarm, as France prepares to maintain its presence following the planned U.N. peacekeeping mission withdrawal later this year.
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Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Tuesday his government was not seeking confrontation with Iran-backed Hezbollah, but would not allow itself to be intimidated as it prepares direct talks with Israel to end the conflict.
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Emmanuel Macron received Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salaam this Tuesday at the Elysée Palace in an attempt to reaffirm his support for the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, and in the efforts to disarm Hezbollah. The meeting took place just a few days after the death of a French soldier of the United Nations Peace Forces in the south of the country, victim of an ambush attributed to the pro-Iranian Shia group.Continue reading....
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