US EditionLebanon President Says Ceasefire Should Move to Permanent Agreements
Aoun said direct talks could follow, as Lebanon seeks Israeli withdrawal and the return of detainees after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
- On Friday, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called the U.S.-brokered ceasefire an "entry point" for "permanent agreements," signaling potential direct peace negotiations with Israel.
- The televised address followed Thursday's ceasefire, which concluded six weeks of fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah.
- Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed the IDF "holds and will continue to hold" a 10-kilometer security zone, warning areas north of the Litani River remain undemilitarized.
- President Donald Trump invited Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House for talks, marking a potential diplomatic milestone for both nations.
- Asserting national independence, Aoun declared, "Today, we negotiate for ourselves and decide for ourselves," stating Lebanon is no longer a "card in anyone's game.
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"We meet in a new phase," said Joseph Aoun, in his first speech to the nation from the beginning of the truce and claims to be working for a "permanent agreement" with Israel.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Friday that his country is on the threshold of a "new stage of permanent agreements" after the ten-day truce in the war between Israel and Hezbollah came into force, France reports24.
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun sees the country at the beginning of a "new phase" after the entry into force of the ten-day ceasefire with Israel. "It is the phase of transition from working on a ceasefire to working on permanent agreements," Aoun said on Friday in a televised speech to the nation, "to preserve the rights of our people, the unity of our country and the sovereignty of our nation."Lebanon is no longer "the pawn of fist in the gam…
The Lebanese President proclaims the end of foreign interference to restore the sovereignty of a country that is no longer "the scene of wars of anyone" The entry into force of the ceasefire
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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.
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