Report: Lebanese response unanimously approved but Berri to have separate one
While it is yet to be known whether President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and PM Nawaf Salam have decided to distance Lebanon’s official response to the U.S. paper from Hezbollah’s stance, the response has been unanimously approved by the three leaders, sources close to them said.
The Lebanese response “stresses the need for Israel’s withdrawal from all occupied points and territory, while emphasizing the need for guarantees focused on the reconstruction of the South. It also expresses readiness to demarcate the border with Syria without settling the ownership of the occupied Shebaa Farms,” the sources told An-Nahar newspaper.
Berri has meanwhile revealed that he will have his own response to the U.S. envoy’s paper, the daily said.
“This step is not aimed at bypassing what Barrack will hear from President Aoun and PM Nawaf Salam,” the newspaper added, noting that Lebanon’s response will also reflect “the government’s readiness to implement a host of financial and economic reforms.”
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