U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will “fulfill the promises” that he had made in the letter that he had recently addressed to Lebanese-American voters, Trump’s Arab affairs adviser Massad Boulos said.
In the letter, Trump had pledged to “stop the suffering and destruction in Lebanon” and “ensure the safety and security of the great people of Lebanon.”
“The Democrats tried to achieve a ceasefire in Lebanon prior to the elections, but Israel did not cooperate, and Trump is committed to ending the war prior to entering the White House,” Boulos told al-Jadeed.
“I will assume the mission of negotiating with the Lebanese side in order to reach an agreement, and Trump will appoint a person who has knowledge in the Israeli file to negotiate with the Israelis in order to reach an agreement,” Boulos added.
“We will immediately start working on ending the war,” he said.
In remarks to MTV, Boulos said that Trump “has not only promised to end the war and destruction, but also to contribute to rebuilding Lebanon.”
“He will start working immediately,” Boulos added.
Boulos is a Lebanese-born businessman who moved to Texas as a teenager, speaks Arabic, English and French, and recently joined the Trump family when his son married the former president's younger daughter.
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