Mikati: We're working on a diplomatic solution for situation in south
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has said that Lebanon is “working in a diplomatic solution for the situation in the south.”
“Its implementation will perhaps be linked to halting the aggression against Gaza,” Mikati added, in an interview with al-Hurra television.
“What’s needed is reviving the (1949) Armistice Agreement and implementing it; restoring the situation in the south to how it was before the year 1967; returning the Shebaa Farms that were under Lebanese sovereignty before they started to be gradually occupied; and retreating to the previous Line of Withdrawal as per the Armistice Agreement,” Mikati said.
He added that U.S. presidential envoy Amos Hochstein will visit Beirut this week and that “we will discuss with him all these issues.”
“We have received a proposal calling for (Hezbollah’s) withdrawal to the area north of Litani, but we insist on a comprehensive solution,” Mikati went on to say.
“We have emphasized that we are extending our hands to the international community to establish stability in the region, and if we manage to restore Lebanon’s rights, Hezbollah will have no objective but the Lebanese interest,” the premier added.
Source: Naharnet
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