Qahwaji Travels to Washington to Attend Counter-Terrorism Meetings
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji is scheduled to travel to the United States to attend several meetings on combating terrorism, reported the daily An Nahar on Sunday.
It said that the military chief will participate in meetings throughout next week with leaderships specialized in counter-terrorism.
Qahwaji will travel to Washington on Sunday.
The meetings will focus on means to bolster cooperation between the Lebanese and American armies and on the U.S. arming of the Lebanese army, added the Kuwaiti al-Anba daily on Sunday.
Qahwaji seeks to purchase military equipment for the army from a recently announced $1 billion Saudi grant to Lebanon, media reports said earlier this week.
The military commander will later head to Saudi Arabia to follow up on the $3 billion arms deal for Lebanon.
The deal is for military equipment and arms to be supplied to Lebanon's army.
On Wednesday, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced that his country will soon provide arms to Lebanon as party of the $3 billion deal after all conditions “have been met.”
The two arms deal come as Lebanon faces the threat of jihadists on its border with Syria.
12 October 2014, 10:44
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Not a bad person, doing his best at a tough time. But so much hated by the Caporal....we wonder why!
12 October 2014, 17:09
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Why is it that every time kahwagi's presidential hopes rise, alsafir, alkbar editorials and most other M8 talking heads resume the attacks in his character?
12 October 2014, 21:45
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All we need is few f16, an army without air defense is worthless..despite that fact our LAF has proven one of the best armies..the key is to lessen our casualties and that's what the air defense will do for us.
13 October 2014, 00:33
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It will cost 3 billion dollars just to build the airport for the planes there goes the credit.
13 October 2014, 00:30
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Reminds me of when Rahi went to Jerusalem, HA were not happy.
I wonder if they will react when Qahwaji goes to the so called enemy. (Satan)
Thats the exact words of iran
