Aoun invited to visit Qatar and Jordan, urges pressure on Israel over Gaza deal

President Joseph Aoun on Thursday received invitations to visit Qatar and Jordan, as he met separately in Baabda with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi and Qatari Ambassador to Lebanon Sheikh Saud bin Abdul Rahman Al-Thani.

The Qatari envoy handed Aoun a letter from Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad that included an invitation to visit Doha to discuss “issues of common interest and means to boost and strengthen the firm brotherly ties between our two countries in all fields.”

The visiting Jordanian minister meanwhile handed Aoun a letter from Jordanian King Abdullah II that also included an invitation to visit Amman.

Separately, Aoun welcomed the Gaza ceasefire announcement, noting that “serious commitment by Israel to the agreement’s terms requires a follow-up by the sponsoring countries and the U.N., because the Israeli enemy has made us used to the evasion of its commitments and disavowal of international resolutions.”

“Perhaps the attacks and ceasefire violations that are happening in south Lebanon are the biggest proof of this,” Aoun added.