Salam meets US treasury delegation in Beirut
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met Monday with a U.S. treasury delegation in Beirut, headed by senior director for counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka, as Washington works to cut off Hezbollah's funding and Lebanon's government tries to disarm it.
Deputy director for counter-terrorism John Hurley had said after the delegation met President Joseph Aoun on Sunday that Lebanon can only be free, prosperous and secure if Hezbollah is fully disarmed and cut off from Iran's funding and control.
Gorka said Aoun is a friend and "is positioned to help realize President Donald Trump’s vision for Peace in the Middle East under a new, broader Abraham Accords."
"Lebanon has suffered long enough under the wicked influence of Iran," Gorka wrote on the X platform.
Salam, in a televised interview Sunday, said he was determined to disarm Hezbollah. "If enforcing the law is stubbornness, then yes, I am stubborn, and I will not yield to the threats of civil war," he said.
Source: Naharnet
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