Aoun to hold discussions with American officials 'on the situation in Lebanon and ways to strengthen the ceasefire' and Israel's pullout from south Lebanon
By Maya Gebeily and Tom Perry BEIRUT, July 19 (Reuters) - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will make his first trip to the White House this week to present a plan to U.S. President Donald Trump on how to disarm Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and secure Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon.
Aoun says Beirut and Washington must align on achieving initial Israeli withdrawal from negotiated 'pilot zones,' ahead of his scheduled meeting with Trump on Tuesday
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is expected to present a plan to his US counterpart Donald Trump Tuesday on how to disarm Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, which Israel has made a key condition of its withdrawal from the lands that its troops occupy in the country's south.
US President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to help Lebanon "a lot" as its president, Joseph Aoun, sought Washington's backing for a fragile effort to disarm Hezbollah and forge a path to peace with Israel.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun was to meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday, as Beirut's military moved into an area of the south under a deal with Israel to disarm Hezbollah. Aoun is the first Lebanese president to be invited to Washington since 2009.
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s president will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday to wrap up a four-day visit to Washington, in a bid to bring about long-term calm in the war-torn country after months of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group.
By Maya Gebeily and Tom Perry BEIRUT, July 21 (Reuters) - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to present a plan on how to disarm Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and secure Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will meet President Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday — a sitdown that comes as the Israeli military begins its first withdrawal from Lebanon under a U.S.-brokered agreement .
The crisis in Lebanon will move center stage tomorrow as Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is scheduled to meet President Trump at the White House. The confab will be a vital one for Aoun as he seeks to drain support away from Hezbollah while also showing that he can be trusted to stand up to Israel...
President Trump is scheduled to meet with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday morning, the first time a Lebanese head of state has made a White House visit since 2009. While the U.S. and Iran have escalated hostilities over the last 10 days, looming over Aoun's need for Trump to help persuade …
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is in Washington to meet with US President Donald Trump in the first official visit by a Lebanese head of state since 2009. It comes at a moment of high stakes for the country.
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s president is meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday to wrap up a four-day visit to Washington, in a bid for long-term calm after months of war at home between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group.
Soldiers were operating in ‘pilot zone’ in southern Lebanon; Joseph Aoun to meet Trump at White House Lebanon’s president, Joseph Aoun, is due to meet Donald Trump for the first time today as he wraps up a four-day visit to Washington.
