🇸🇾🧐Lebanese President Joseph Aoun:

August 17, 2025 TheMcgwire

🇸🇾🧐Lebanese President Joseph Aoun:

“I have two options: either to approve the US [disarmament] paper and demand that the world secure ‘Israel’s’ approval, or to refuse it and face an escalation of attacks and the economic isolation of Lebanon.”
“We did not receive any threat if we refused the US paper. All that the Americans said was: ‘If you go along with the paper, fine, and if you don’t, then Lebanon will no longer be within our circle of concerns.’”
“We gave our comments on the US paper, and it has become a Lebanese paper. It does not become effective before the concerned states approve it, and we emphasized the principle of ‘step for step.’”
“There is no fear for any sect, and I am responsible for my words … and we hope that Iran and others do not interfere in Lebanon’s affairs.”

🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle .

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