Report: Hezbollah stance on Lebanese paper expected within 2 days
The Lebanese response to U.S. envoy Tom Barrack’s proposal calls for Israeli withdrawal from one or two occupied hills in return for the start of the handover of Hezbollah’s arms in the areas north of the Litani River, Al-Jadeed TV quoted Lebanese officials as saying.
Israel would eventually fully withdraw from south Lebanon, the sources added.
Visitors of Ain el-Tineh and the Grand Serail meanwhile said that Speaker Nabih Berri has relayed this format to Hezbollah and that he is expected to obtain the Iran-backed party’s response within two days.
But political sources told Al-Jadeed that Hezbollah is waiting for the final format in order to submit its remarks on it in the weekend.
Media reports meanwhile said Prime Minister Nawaf Salam had visited Berri on Saturday after a decision was made to hold a special Cabinet session after the Ashoura holiday for approving a mechanism for monopolizing arms in the state’s hands.
“Should the paper be agreed on by the three presidents (Joseph Aoun, Berri and Salam), it will be discussed in Cabinet for approval, and it includes three main topics: the file of Hezbollah’s arms and illegal weapons, the file of reforms and the file of Lebanese-Syrian relations,” the reports said.
”If the paper gets approved, it will be handed to the U.S. envoy so that he carries it to Israel and Syria according to the segment related to each country,” the reports added.
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