Egypt FM says any settlement must 'guarantee Lebanon's sovereignty'
Any settlement that “does not guarantee Lebanon's sovereignty” cannot be accepted, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said after meeting Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut.
“We are communicating with (U.S. Secretary of State Antony) Blinken and (U.S. mediator Amos) Hochstein to speed up the ceasefire in Lebanon,” Abdelatty added.
Saying he carried a message of support to Lebanon from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Egyptian minister said he stressed to Berri that Egypt’s priority is “achieving a ceasefire without any conditions.”
“We condemn the aggression and we are continuing our contacts to stop it,” Abdelatty went on to say.
He also called for the election of a “consensual president” without “foreign diktats,” adding that “ending the presidential vacuum crisis should not be linked to the ceasefire.”
Abdelatty also met with Army Commander General Joseph Aoun, who emphasized that the army is ready to implement Resolution 1701 and to immediately deploy in the south to enforce it.
Source: Naharnet
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