Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday discussed the army’s upcoming responsibilities with Army Commander Rodolphe Haykal following the US-brokered framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel aimed at ending the war, Anadolu reports.
A Lebanese presidency statement said Aoun received Haykal and was briefed on the outcomes of the army commander’s recent visits to Türkiye and the UK, which focused on military cooperation.
They also reviewed the country’s security situation and discussed the army’s upcoming missions in light of the results of the Lebanese-American-Israeli negotiations and the framework agreement to end the war in Lebanon, the presidency said.
On Friday, Beirut and Tel Aviv signed a US-brokered framework agreement providing for “a phased” Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Lebanese territory, beginning with two “pilot areas” that were not publicly identified.
The agreement does not set a timetable for the withdrawal, linking it instead to the Lebanese army assuming full security responsibility in evacuated areas and the disarmament of armed groups, with particular reference to Hezbollah.
