The United States has set the “red line” that the Shiite Armed Group of Hezbollah should not be a member of the next Lebanese government last year, said Friday in Lebanon Deputy American Envoy for Middle East Morgan Ortagus.
Ortagus is the first high American official who visited Lebanon since US President Donald Trump took office and since Joseph Aoun was elected president Lebanon.
Her visit comes in the middle of a stopped government formation process in Lebanon, where government places are arranged by sectarian lines. Hezbolah’s ally Amal insisted on the approval of all Shiite Muslim ministers, holding the process in the dead end.
Packing to journalists after the meeting with the President Aoun, Ortagus said “not afraid of” Hezbollah supported by Iran “because they are military defeated,” thinking last year between that group and Israel.
– And we set clear red lines from the United States that it would not be able to terrorize the Lebanese people, and that includes part of the government – she said.
Ortagus would be expected to convey to the sharp message to Lebanese officials, which was affected by the months of Israeli air attacks and land operations in southern Lebanon last year.
The struggles were completed at the end of November by breaking fire with the mediation of the United States and France, which has been appointed to withdraw from southern Lebanese, Hezbolah to withdraw their fighters and weapons and liban troops to arrange in the area.
(Vijesti.ba)
