Lebanon and Hezbollah accepted the US proposal for a ceasefire with Israel, but with some comments on the content, Reuters reports, citing the deputy speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Ali Hassan Khalil.
According to the official, this is the most serious effort to date to end the fighting, the agency writes.
“Lebanon and Hezbollah accepted the US proposal for a ceasefire with Israel with some comments on the content… Ali Hassan Khalil, assistant to the speaker of parliament Nabiha BerryHe stated that Lebanon conveyed its written response to the US ambassador to Lebanon on Monday. — informs the agency.
The official said that all comments submitted “confirm strict compliance” with UN Security Council Resolution 1701 with all its provisions. He also added that the success of the initiative now depends on Israel, which, he said, “can create problems” if it does not want a solution.
According to the agency, Khalil added that Israel is trying to negotiate “under fire”, in reference to the escalation of bombings on Beirut and its suburbs, but that this “will not affect the position” of Lebanon.
Last Sunday, a Lebanese political source told RIA Novosti that the US president’s special envoy for the Middle East Amos Hochstein He intends to visit Beirut one of these days because the Lebanese authorities have prepared a response to the American proposal for a ceasefire with Israel. The source, in particular, noted that the US side positively values the progress of the negotiations and hopes that a ceasefire agreement can be reached before December 15.
