Aoun: Hezbollah is cooperative on the weapons issue

Beirut: The president of Lebanon, Joseph Aoun, said that “the Lebanese army is carrying out its duties fully in the south of Lebanon,” and added that “the State is committed to implementing resolution 1701”.

He also announced that “Hezbollah is cooperative in the issue of weapons”, noting that “dialogue is the key to solutions.”

His statements came on the eve of his expected visit to Paris and his participation in a summit with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

In an interview with France 24, Aoun said that “the high fire agreement must be confirmed by all parties,” noting that “Israel is the one that violates this agreement when removing in the five hills, while Lebanon seeks to preserve this agreement.”

He added: “The so -called diplomatic are carried out on this matter, and the guarantees must come from France and the United States, which are partners in the Quintet Committee responsible for monitoring the implementation of the agreement.”

Aoun affirmed Lebanon’s commitment to the reforms, “and added that” we have no other option. “

He said: “Reforms are more a Lebanese need than international demand.”

Meanwhile, the cabinet held a meeting at the Presidential Palace, chaired by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, a duration that was appointed a new governor of the Central Bank.

The governor was chosen voting instead of consensus, but Salam, the Sunni ministers of the government and the ministers Tarek Metri and Ghassan Salameh did not vote for the new governor.

The appointment of Karim Saeed occurred after a prolonged vacancy in the Government, which resulted from the lack of choice of a President for the Republic for more than two years, together with the judgment of the former Bank governor, Riad Salameh, for positions of Emszlat.

The new governor received 17 votes from 24, after his answers to the questions of the ministers.

Saeed, 61, was included in a list of three names presented by Finance Minister Yassine Jaber Al Cabinet, along with Eddy Gemayel and Jamil Baz.

Saeed’s name is associated with what is known as the “Harvard Plan” to address the economic crisis in Lebanon, which was funded by Growthgate Capital.

Saeed is a founding partner and managing partner of Growthgate Equity Partners in the EAU, a firm specialized in alternative asset management that invests in private companies through the Middle East and North Africa. He previously held the position of General Manager of Investment Banking Services in HSBC.

In addition, he served as a member of the Board at Emirates Lebanon Bank.

Meanwhile, in the south of Lebanon, Israeli military drones killed four people in less than 24 hours.

The Foreign Minister of Lebanon, Youssef Rajji, received a phone call from his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdel Ati. The two men discussed “Egypt ‘efforts to stop the escalation of insale in the south of Lebanon, urging him to withdraw from the occupied Lebanese territories and adhere to the declaration of a high fire.”

Two guided missiles hit a car in Yohmor al-Shaqif, result in three deaths, Chordination to the Ministry of Health.

Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee said that missile attacks attacked Hezbollah agents who, according to reports, transported weapons.

The Ministry of Health also reported the death of another man, who was killed by an Israeli drones strike near Maaroub, Tire.

The Israeli army attributed the responsibility of killing “Ahmad Adnan Bajjiga, a battalion commander in the Hezbollah Radwan force, in the Derdghaiya area of ​​the south of Lebanon.”

Security reports indicate that Israel has resumed its attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon, despite the high fire agreement between the two parties, which entered into force on November 27, 2024.

These attacks have resulted in at least 105 deaths, which include members of Hezbollah, civilians and military personnel, and left around 300 injured.

The war, which Hezbollah launched in support of Gaza on October 8, 2023, together with the subsequent land war initiated by the Israeli army in Lebanon until the cessation of hostilities on November 27, 2024, has killed 3,961 and injured 16,520, orientation to the emergency committee.