US EditionLebanon president says country does not want war with Israel
President Aoun urged the UN to pressure Israel to uphold the ceasefire and withdraw from occupied areas as Lebanese army works to disarm Hezbollah amid ongoing Israeli strikes.
- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun announced that civilian-led meetings with Israel will resume on December 19 to implement a ceasefire agreement.
- A Lebanese delegation, led by Simon Karam, met with an Israeli delegation to discuss ceasefire monitoring in Naqoura.
- Aoun emphasized that "the language of negotiation should prevail over the language of war" during a Cabinet meeting.
- Since the ceasefire agreement took effect, over 335 people have been killed and 973 wounded in Israeli attacks, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.
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After Syria on Thursday, a UN Security Council delegation spent Friday 5 December in Lebanon. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun took advantage of this visit to ask UN diplomats to put pressure on Israel to respect the ceasefire.
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Lebanon president says country does not want war with Israel
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Friday told a United Nations Security Council delegation his country does not want war with Israel, days after civilian representatives from both sides held their first talks in decades.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called on the UN Security Council, on the sidelines of a delegation's visit to the country, to pressure Israel to respect a year-long ceasefire. At the same time, Aoun asked the UN Security Council, currently chaired by Slovenia, to support the Lebanese army's efforts to disarm the Shiite movement Hezbollah.
On Friday, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun asked a United Nations Security Council delegation visiting the country to pressure Israel to respect the ceasefire with pro-Iranian Hezbollah.
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