Aoun-Hezbollah talks over arms: Latest developments
President Joseph Aoun is communicating with Hezbollah’s leadership to “coordinate over the issue of Hezbollah’s arms south of the Litani River and over the mechanism that the Lebanese Army Command is adopting to remove Hezbollah’s weapons,” al-Binaa newspaper reported on Friday.
“There is also communication on certain levels between the president and Hezbollah over the group’s weapons north of Litani and the defense or national security strategy, ahead of bilateral and direct dialogue between the president and Hezbollah representatives to seriously discuss the issues of arms and the defense strategy,” the daily added.
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam will meanwhile raise the issue of Hezbollah’s weapons in Cabinet while a roadmap will be devised for addressing this issue across Lebanese territory within a month, the newspaper said.
“Executive mechanisms for limiting weapons to the state and for the defense strategy will be devised within six to 12 months,” al-Binaa said.
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