US reportedly mulling Egypt-like monitoring team for Lebanon
The Trump administration is considering establishing a mechanism similar to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) stationed in Egypt to monitor the trilateral agreement between Lebanon and Israel, as a potential post-UNIFIL arrangement, Asharq Bloomberg has reported.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is deeply involved in the file, had raised the possibility of a civilian monitoring team a few days ago.
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz is scheduled to visit Lebanon on Monday and Tuesday, where he is expected to meet President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Speaker Nabih Berri.
The U.S. is also in discussions with European partners, particularly France and Italy on this.
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