Lebanese President Aoun: Framework Agreement to End Hostilities with Israel
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun stated at the White House that the recently signed US-brokered framework agreement with Israel will end hostilities, expressing Lebanon's commitment and thanking President Trump for his efforts to stabilize the region.
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Lebanon and Israel signed a framework agreement on June 26, brokered by the US, following five rounds of consultations in Washington.
BEIRUT, July 21. /TASS/. The implementation of the framework agreement will put an end to the hostilities between Lebanon and Israel, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said at a meeting with US leader Donald Trump in the White House.
Aoun stressed that Lebanon is committed to the agreement and thanked Trump for his efforts to stabilize the situation in Lebanon and in the entire region.
Following five round of US-brokered consultation in Washington, Lebanon and Israel signed, on June 26, a framework agreement, under which the Lebanese military is to gradually restore effective sovereign control over the entire Lebanese territory while Israel is to withdraw its troops of the occupied areas.
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Lebanese military will gradually restore effective sovereign control over the entire Lebanese territory.
Very likely · Within months
Israel will withdraw its troops from the occupied areas.
Very likely · Within months
Open Questions
- What are the specific terms of the framework agreement?
- What is the timeline for troop withdrawal?
- How will sovereign control be restored?
