Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said that his country is currently open to engaging with Israel in a partnership for disempowering Hezbollah, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.
According to Bloomberg, Salam declared that the Lebanese State is willing to seek US help in pushing for negotiations, since the Jewish state intensified air strikes on Iran-backed Hezbollah.
In the past, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun had offered to discuss land border disputes and Israel’s withdrawal from the areas retained after the war with Hezbollah last year, as reported by Bloomberg News.
“I repeat the same offer of readiness to negotiate with Israel,” Salam said.
In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Salam affirmed his belief in a diplomatic solution for the Lebanon-Hezbollah issue, pointing to US-mediated talks in 2022, when borders in energy-rich maritime areas were drawn. However, this time, he recalled, the American state had not yet met the expectations.
“That’s a puzzle for me. They ask for negotiations, and when we show readiness, they don’t agree to the rendezvous,” he said in an interview with Bloomberg TV. “That’s something I’ll be bringing up with the Americans.”
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