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Amos Hochstein, special envoy USA, said on Tuesday that Ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Shiite Hezbollah party “is within reach” and stressed that the conversations that took place during the day within official visit to Lebanon allowed us to “continue to smooth out differences.”
“Since my last trip to Beirut a few weeks ago “We had very serious discussions in Lebanon and Israel.”He stated this while speaking to the press after a meeting with the chairman of the Lebanese parliament. Nabih Berrya conversation he called “very constructive.”
We have continued to iron out differences through discussions over the past weeks, and today we have significantly reduced them.
He stated that he went to Beirut because “there is there is a real opportunity to end this conflict.”
#Lebanon: delivery within the USA @amoshochstein just arrived in Ain el Tineh to meet Speaker Nabih Berri after apparent progress in ceasefire talks with Israel pic.twitter.com/TzFYdQ3tyf
—Karim Chehayeb | كريم شهيب (@chehayebk) November 19, 2024
Thus, he noted that “It’s time to make decisions.” »
I am in Beirut to facilitate this solution, but ultimately the parties must reach a resolution to the conflict. It’s within reach. The window has come now and I hope that a decision will be made in the next few days.
Finally he praised “constructive” conversation with Berry and announced that he plans to meet with the Prime Minister of Lebanon Naib Mikati. “I undertake “Do everything you can to work with the Lebanese and Israeli governments to end this conflict.”settled.
During a visit to Beirut, US envoy Amos Hochstein said he saw a “real possibility” for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. pic.twitter.com/JbTWs81WJc
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) November 19, 2024
Subsequently Mikati stated after a meeting with Hochstein, which was attended by the American Ambassador in Beirut, Lisa Johnsonthat “the government’s priority is to achieve a ceasefire and cessation of aggression against Lebanon”, and also “to preserve Lebanese sovereignty over the entire territory.”
“The main task of the government is rapid return of displaced persons to their cities and towns and stop Israel’s genocidal war and the wanton destruction of Lebanese cities,” he said, before reaffirming his support for the implementation of the law. UN Security Council Resolution 1701.
In this sense, Mikati advocated “implement international resolutions and strengthen the authority of the army in the south”This was reported by his department in a statement published on his social network account. Xwithout Hochstein speaking after the meeting.
Mediation work
Hochstein this has been going on for several weeks now mediation tasks try to do the parties reach a ceasefire agreement after more than a year of fighting, intensified by the decision Israel will launch a new ground invasion of the neighboring country on October 1.
own Mikati assured on Monday that Beirut had given a “positive” response to the ceasefire proposal presented by the United States, although he stressed that there is still questions to discuss before Hochstein’s visit.
“There are some things that are not clear and we want to clarify them so that there is no confusion in the future,” he said.
On October 1, Israel launched a new invasion of Lebanon. after weeks of intense bombing and attacks on the country, including coordinated explosion of thousands of communication devices used by the Lebanese group after more than eleven months of fighting with Hezbollah in the border area. Lebanon has reported more than 3,500 deaths since fighting began on October 8, 2023.
The renewed fighting is part of clashes that began more than a year ago after Hezbollah will attack Israeli territory after the attacks on October 7 Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) and other Palestinian groups, which led to Israel is ready to launch a bloody offensive on the Gaza Stripwhere more than 43,900 people have already died.
(Europe Press)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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