“I have directed Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Rubio, together with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Razin’ Caine, to work with Israel and Lebanon to achieve a Lasting PEACE,” Trump wrote.
Shortly afterward, Trump added in another post that he would be inviting Aoun and Netanyahu to the White House for the “first meaningful talks between Israel and Lebanon since 1983, a very long time ago.”
”Both sides want to see PEACE, and I believe that will happen, quickly!” the President said.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam welcomed Trump’s announcement and called the ceasefire “a central Lebanese demand” in a statement on Thursday.
The Israeli government and Hezbollah did not immediately comment on the matter.
Daniel Shapiro, who served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East in the Biden Administration and as the U.S. ambassador to Israel from 2011 to 2017, tells TIME that the ceasefire will rest on Hezbollah’s cooperation.