Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun has thanked the US administration and Trump for hosting the Lebanon-Israel negotiations and thanked the “brotherly and friendly countries” for supporting them and “declaring their full commitment to Lebanon’s independence, safety, and prosperity.”
In a statement from Lebanon’s presidency, Aoun thanked the Lebanese negotiating team for achieving what they consider the “first step on the path to restoring Lebanon’s sovereignty over its complete, undivided territory”.
“Thanks remain due to all Lebanese people, who sacrificed, endured, and confronted the harshest conditions of aggression, destruction, and displacement,” the statement read.
It added that the framework agreement marks the beginning of the road to realise their sacrifices, adding that homes will be rebuilt and repopulated under the “sovereignty of a Lebanese state”.
“This is what we have sworn to embody … So that there shall be no occupation, no captives, no subservience, and no tutelage. This is what every free, responsible, and honourable Lebanese unites upon. And this is our covenant to them and our duty toward them,” it added.
