Jeffers to meet Lebanese leaders in Beirut on Wednesday
The head of the U.S.-led ceasefire monitoring committee, U.S. general Jasper Jeffers, will return Wednesday to Lebanon to meet with President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Asharq al-Awsat newspaper said.
“His presence after a long absence might be aimed at accompanying the ongoing negotiations between Washington and Tehran and exploring the outcome of communication between President Aoun and Hezbollah’s leadership as to limiting arms to the hands of the state,” the daily said.
A Western diplomatic source meanwhile told the newspaper that “the U.S. general is currently seeking to pass time” and that “his visit to Beirut comes in parallel with the continuation of the U.S.-Iranian negotiations.”
The source also warned Hezbollah’s leadership against thinking that any U.S.-Iranian agreement would be an opportunity to restore the group’s pre-October 7 status.
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