Aoun tell US President Donald Trump in a phone \u200ccall that Lebanon would assume its \u2060responsibilities \u2060in implementing the framework agreement<\/p>\n
BEIRUT: \u200cLebanese President Joseph Aoun told US President Donald Trump that he hoped Washington would help prevent violations of \u200ca framework \u200cagreement with \u200cIsrael \u2060and ensure agreed commitments \u2060are fulfilled, particularly by pressing Israel to withdraw from \u2060occupied areas in \u200csouthern Lebanon, \u200cthe Lebanese \u200cpresidency said \u200con Saturday.<\/p>\n
Aoun also told Trump in a phone \u200ccall that Lebanon would assume its \u2060responsibilities \u2060in implementing the framework agreement, the presidency added in a statement.<\/p>\n
Aoun \u201csaid the Lebanese state would assume its responsibilities in implementing the framework agreement and expressed hope that the United States would help prevent any violations of the deal and ensure that all commitments are fulfilled, notably by pressuring Israel to withdraw from the areas it occupies in southern Lebanon to facilitate the deployment of the Lebanese army up to the international border,\u201d Aoun\u2019s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n
At the end of the call, Trump said he looked forward to meeting Aoun in Washington soon, the statement said.<\/p>\n
Lebanon, Israel and the United States on Friday signed a trilateral framework agreement aimed at paving the way for a peace deal between the two long-time Middle East adversaries.<\/p>\n
The agreement \u2014 details of which were not announced in Washington \u2014 is the result of five rounds of talks in the US capital aimed at ending decades of hostilities and weeks of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n
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