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Report: Ortagus to visit Beirut to float 'reconstruction for disarmament' proposal

Deputy U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Morgan Ortagus will visit Lebanon next week and will discuss “the need to fully disarm Hezbollah,” MTV reported overnight.

She will propose a “reconstruction in return for disarmament” equation, the TV network added.

Diplomatic sources meanwhile told Al-Arabiya Wednesday that a phone call took place between Ortagus and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.


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