Salam meets with Aoun amid reports of rift

President Joseph Aoun met Tuesday in Baabda with PM Nawaf Salam and discussed with him the general situations in the country and the outcome of the talks he held in New York during his participation in the U.N. General Assembly meetings, the Presidency said.

“The discussions also tackled the domestic situations and means to address what happened in Raouche,” the Presidency added, in reference to the controversy over Hezbollah’s illumination of the Raouche Rock with the images of its slain leaders in defiance of Salam and Lebanese authorities.

Salam also met Tuesday in parliament with Speaker Nabih Berri.

According to the pro-Hezbollah al-Akhbar newspaper, the controversy over Hezbollah’s illumination of the Raouche Rock with its slain leaders’ images and security forces’ inability to prevent the activity has caused a rift between Salam and Aoun, who has thrown his support behind the army and security forces.

The daily also said that Berri called for pacification during his meeting with Aoun on Monday.