Caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday that US envoy Amos Hochstein will be visiting Lebanon soon, and that the vague files should be addressed face-to-face.
“Lebanon’s response to the US paper was positive, but some points require discussion,” Mikati said in an interview with Al-Araby TV.
“We hope to reach a ceasefire in Lebanon in the nearest time,” he said.
“The key matter for us in the US ceasefire proposal is the implementation of Resolution 1701. Lebanon is committed to its implementation, and our goal is its implementation in south of Litani,” he stressed, emphasizing the necessity of restoring stability and ending the bloodshed and destruction in south Lebanon.
“Speaker Nabih Berri is leading the negotiations with the US mediator, and I am in constant touch with him, and I haven’t heard about any condition relevant to Israel’s operational freedom in Lebanon,” he went on saying.
“What matters to me is to reinforce the presence of the (Lebanese) army in south Lebanon,” he stated, adding that there should only be the so-called “legitimate” weapons.
Mikati also stressed that “the Israeli enemy must draw back from any move it has taken inside the Lebanese territory.”