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BEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday rejected Israel’s occupation of south Lebanon and “other foreign interference”, alluding to Iran, as a fifth round of Israel-Lebanon talks began in Washington.
“We accept nothing less than an end to the Israeli occupation and at the same time, the fall of foreign tutelage, because our only option is our national sovereignty and our sole wager is on the Lebanese state,” Aoun said.
The Lebanese president’s office also said he spoke to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron over the phone, discussing the situation “in light of the results of the US-Iran negotiations”.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem called for a scheduled withdrawal of Israeli troops from the south.
