BEIRUT: Lebanon is looking to Tuesday’s summit between President Joseph Aoun and US President Donald Trump as a rare opening to advance its interests and test the newly signed US-brokered framework with Israel. It will be the first meeting between a Lebanese and a US president since 2009, ending a 17-year gap in direct presidential diplomacy between Beirut and Washington — and one that carries highly significant strategic implications.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Saturday left Beirut for Washington, where he is expected to meet Donald Trump, the Lebanese presidency said, after talks

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Saturday left Beirut for Washington, where he is expected to meet Donald Trump, the Lebanese presidency said, after talks between Lebanon and…