UK, U.S. Envoys Discuss Border Security with Army Chief as Agreement Inked
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Within the framework of the High Level Steering Committee, British Ambassador to Lebanon Hugo Shorter and U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard met Monday with the Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces General Joseph Aoun for their first meeting on the Land Border Security Project.
A British Embassy statement said the meeting provided an opportunity to discuss the on-going UK and U.S. support for the LAF and the border project, including the construction, training, and equipment being provided in order to reach the goal of “securing the entirety of the Lebanon-Syria border.”
Ambassador Shorter also signed an updated LAF-UK Joint Undertaking with General Aoun from 2013. The agreement aims to commit to securing the entirety of the Lebanese border with Syria and the training of over 11,000 LAF troops by 2019, in addition to building watchtowers and delivering equipment to the Land Border Regiments.
“The UK is a long term, proud supporter of the Lebanese Armed Forces. The signing of this Joint Undertaking is another UK commitment to securing Lebanon’s border with Syria, supporting the LAF as the sole security provider in Lebanon, and helping to bring Lebanese State authority to vulnerable near-border communities,” Ambassador Shorter said.
“By 2019, this Joint Undertaking commits the UK to train over 11,000 LAF troops for internal and border security operations, and equip, mentor, and train 4,000 troops from the LAF’s Land Border Regiments for their specialized border security mission,” he added.
“During our meeting today – the first High Level Steering Committee with Commander Aoun – we, and my U.S. counterpart, reviewed the excellent progress on this program so far. Over 70% of the border is secure, and communities’ sense of security up, significantly. I praise the excellent work of the LAF, and continue to offer them the UK’s full support,” Shorter went on to say.
10 April 2017, 19:20
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Usa, i mean "america will be great again" and England can not be trusted due to their support to the terrorists of Daesh and wahhabi terrorirsm... LAF must be armed by friendly countries like Iran or Russia....
btw, the resistance and the army are working side by side and more in the future time.... no role for america nor colonial powers.
10 April 2017, 21:10
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because of this:
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/223459-report-providing-lebanon-with-arms-from-iran-violates-u-n-arms-embargo
then, there are many ways of doing it but the Saudi and American puppets in Lebanon, are not willing to search for a way to avoid that obstacle.
10 April 2017, 21:34
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Very credible, Iran already managed to impose onto us one of their presidential candidates by blackmailing the entire populace with «me or nobody». We had no democratic debate, still today we have the Iranian backed militia blackmailing everyone else, nearly coercing the other sects into accepting their conditions. Lebanon will be islamized and we can expect the empowerment of bearded men and chadored women....
As an expatriate, I can tell you that Lebanon is less appealing to me and my family by the day, many won't be spending their euros in Beirut next summer. The insecurity is just too high, and the LAF being weaker than the militiamen behind the abductions and murders aren't in Lebanon's favor.
