Aoun advisor reportedly meets Raad, says disarmament plan null if Israel doesn't comply

Presidential advisor Mohammad Obeid and Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad have met to discuss Hezbollah's disarmament, Ad-Diyar newspaper reported Wednesday.

According to the daily, Obeid assured Raad that If Israel does not abide by the American paper - by withdrawing from south Lebanon and halting its daily attacks -, the Cabinet's decision to disarm Hezbollah would be considered null.

Ad-Diyar said further meetings will be held between Baabda and Hezbollah.

U.S. special envoy to Lebanon Tom Barrack said Monday as he visited Lebanon that the Lebanese government has done their part and "now what we need is for Israel to comply with that equal handshake."

The Lebanese government had endorsed last week a U.S.-backed plan for Hezbollah to disarm and tasked the army with developing a plan for the group's disarmament by year end.

The decision angered Hezbollah and its allies, who believe Israel's military should first withdraw from the five hilltops it has occupied in southern Lebanon since the end of its 14-month war with Hezbollah last November and stop launching almost daily airstrikes in the country.

Sheikh Naim Qassem, Hezbollah's secretary-general, has vowed to fight efforts to disarm the group amid ongoing Israeli attacks and occupation, sowing fears of civil unrest in the country.