Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Friday that Lebanon's sovereign decision to separate its issue from the US-Iran negotiations is 'a problem for those who got used to being under a guardianship that dictates for us and negotiates on our behalf,' according to reports. The premier also stated that the framework agreement with Israel does not legitimize continued occupation and allows the Lebanese army to deploy across all of Lebanon.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun continued to assert Lebanon's sovereign independence from regional power-brokering on Friday, in remarks that directly push back against the influence wielded by Iran and its local proxies over Lebanese affairs.
In his latest statement, Aoun characterized the separation of the Lebanon track from the parallel US-Iran negotiations as a deliberate sovereign act — and framed any dissatisfaction with that decision as an attachment to a past era of external control. The remarks echo his previous comments (as The Zioneer reported Friday at 14:36) that Lebanon had made a sovereign decision to separate its path from the Iranian-American track.
The president also addressed the framework agreement with Israel, describing it not as a legitimization of Israeli occupation but rather a mechanism that enables the Lebanese Armed Forces to assert full state authority over all Lebanese territory. The statement underscores Aoun's continued effort to position Lebanon's official institutions — rather than Iran or Hezbollah — as the legitimate decision-makers on security, sovereignty, and reconstruction.
Aoun's remarks come amid ongoing US-led talks in Washington and parallel Iran-US negotiations in Switzerland, which he has consistently insisted are separate tracks. The framework agreement with Israel, still under discussion, is expected to outline an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in return for security arrangements and a strengthened Lebanese military presence.
2 developments
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- DevelopingLebanese President Aoun: talks in Washington continue, separate from US-Iran track
- DevelopingLebanese President Aoun: No compromise except full Israeli withdrawal
- DevelopingLebanese Army chief Joseph Aoun hails US-Iran MOU, says people expect practical steps
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