“Washington asked Beirut for a unilateral truce with Israel": Lebanon denies this information
Kyiv • UNN
The Lebanese Prime Minister's office denied a Reuters report that the United States had asked for a unilateral ceasefire with Israel. Lebanon insists on a bilateral ceasefire and the implementation of UN Resolution 1701.
The United States allegedly offered Lebanon a unilateral ceasefire with Israel, Reuters reported. However, the office of outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Naguib Mikati denied this report on Friday, UNN reported, citing OLJ.
The United States called on Lebanon to declare a unilateral ceasefire with Israel in order to resume negotiations on the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, which have reached a deadlock.
Citing a senior Lebanese political source and a diplomat, Reuters initially reported that U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein, who is charged with leading the negotiations, asked Lebanon to declare a unilateral ceasefire with Israel this week. Later, after the information was made public, Prime Minister Mikati's office denied that Washington had asked Lebanon to declare such a ceasefire.
“The government's position has been clear: it is committed to a bilateral ceasefire and the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701,” the press service of the Lebanese Prime Minister emphasized.
Recall
UNN reported that the Israeli army conducted a series of special operations near the village of Kfarkela in southern Lebanon. Hundreds of military facilities, thousands of weapons and Hezbollah's underground infrastructure were destroyed.
Shiite cleric Naim Qassem became the new leader of Hezbollah after the death of Hassan Nasrallah. The former leader was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut on September 27.
