Barrack's visit to Lebanon postponed to Aug. 18-19
U.S. envoy Tom Barrack's visit to Lebanon has been postponed to Aug. 18-19, local Al-Jadeed TV network said Friday.
The channel said that Lebanese authorities have been informed of the postponement of Barrack's visit to Lebanon by 10 days and that it will now take place on Aug. 18-19.
Barrack on Thursday hailed a "historic" decision by the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah.
In a post on X, Barrack congratulated Lebanese leaders "for making the historic, bold, and correct decision this week to begin fully implementing" a November ceasefire which ended more than a year of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, and stipulated that weapons in Lebanon be restricted to government agencies only.
"This week's Cabinet resolutions finally put into motion the 'One Nation, One Army' solution for Lebanon. We stand behind the Lebanese people," Barrack said.
On Thursday the government approved the objectives of a U.S. paper of demands carried by Barrack to Lebanon.
The ministers of Hezbollah and Amal walked out of the session in protest.
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