Saturday 01 March/2025 – 07:04 AM
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said that it aims to become the state responsible for all decisions related to the protection of the land and the people, commenting: It is not allowed for anyone else to play this role, when there is an attack on the Lebanese state, the state is making the decision, and it sees how the elements of power are recruited in favor of defending the country.
Aoun added in an interview with Al -Sharq Al -Awsat newspaper: So this is not a subject of research, we are committed to applying the decision, and we started it in the south and gave it preference, and if you look at all Lebanese territory; The camps that are outside the so -called natural camps are all dismantled and disarmed by them, and we continue to focus on the south and there is cooperation from everyone, and later we return to another stage; Because we want to walk step by step to achieve this thing, and I return to confirm that the state with all its institutions is committed to implementing Resolution 1701.
And the President of Lebanon added: I want to praise the speech of Hezbollah’s Secretary -General, Sheikh Naim Qassem, who indicated in several stations in his speech to the state, continuing: Resistance is the basis and our political and political choice. We will continue the state’s movement to expel the occupation diplomacy, and we will participate in building a strong and fair state, and we will participate in its renaissance and under the ceiling of the Taif Agreement.
Regarding fears of American pressures, Aoun replied: We can be subjected to pressure, but dealing with any pressure that comes to us is subject to national consensus, and until now we have not seen any basic pressure explicitly, all required to implement resolution 1701, all required reforms, and these we see demands and not pressure, and reforms are the demand of states, including America, economic reforms, financial reforms, fighting corruption, etc. This is not pressure, these are not pressure This is a help to build a state, and I do not see it as pressure.
Resolution 1701 to resolve the Lebanese -Israeli conflict
Resolution 1701 .. It is the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which is unanimously taken on August 11, 2006, and the aim of the decision was to resolve the Lebanese -Israeli conflict, and the Lebanese government agreed at that time unanimously on the decision on August 12, 2006, and in the same day Hezbollah commander Hassan Nasrallah said that his forces will respect the ceasefire.
