Reports: Barrack threatens US withdrawal from Lebanese file, to visit Lebanon again this summer

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack “did not open a door for discussions” Monday with President Joseph Aoun and PM Nawaf Salam, reiterating his administration’s stance on Hezbollah’s arms, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Tuesday.

“He stressed that this stance is irreversible and that the U.S. will withdraw from the Lebanese file if the Lebanese state does not carry out what’s needed: a unanimous Cabinet decision on disarmament and a binding timetable,” the daily said.

“He threatened that the U.S. cannot impose anything on Israel and cannot prevent it from doing anything,” al-Akhbar added.

An informed political sources meanwhile told ad-Diyar newspaper that Barrack’s third visit to Lebanon will not be his last and that he will make several more visits to the country this summer.