Macron says Paris determined to organize Lebanon aid conferences

French President Emmanuel Macron lauded Tuesday President Joseph Aoun's "brave decisions to achieve arms monopoly," adding that Paris is determined to organize two conferences for supporting Lebanon.

One of the conferences is to drum up financial aid for the reconstruction of war-hit regions in Lebanon. The second will be to support the Lebanese Army which was tasked with implementing a plan to disarm Hezbollah, but lacks funds and equipment and has said that the Israeli occupation and strikes on south Lebanon are obstructing its deployment there.

The army has also suffered from the repercussions of the country's economic meltdown six years ago. Western and Arab countries have offered support, including the Trump administration that approved $230 million to Lebanon’s army.