Aoun: Lebanon has no choice but negotiation with an enemy

President Joseph Aoun stressed Monday that Lebanon’s “only choice” is negotiations with Israel.

“Lebanon has no choice other than negotiation, seeing as in politics there are three work tools: diplomacy, economy and war. When war does not lead to any result, what can we do? The end of every war in the world has been negotiation, and negotiation does not take place with a friend or an ally, but rather with an enemy,” Aoun added.

“The rhetoric of negotiation is more important than the rhetoric of war, which we know what it has done to us, and also the rhetoric of diplomacy which we are all endorsing, from Speaker Nabih Berri to PM Nawaf Salam,” the president went on to say.

“I reiterate that the situation is good, seeing as the visit that Pope Leo will make to Lebanon and the international conferences in it reflect wellness, prosperity and stability,” Aoun reassured.