Rubio says Lebanese state should 'take on and disarm Hezbollah'
Top U.S. diplomat Marco Rubio said on Sunday that the United States and Israel expect the Lebanese state to work towards disarming Iran-backed Hezbollah, which fought a war with Israel last year.
"In the case of Lebanon, our goals are aligned in the same. A strong Lebanese state that can take on and disarm Hezbollah," Rubio said in a joint address to reporters with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
Source: Agence France Presse
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