Aoun says Lebanon committed to reforms, disarming Hezbollah
President Joseph Aoun vowed Monday that Lebanon is committed to reforms and to Hezbollah’s disarmament, revealing that efforts to devise a "national security strategy" will begin "soon."
"Lebanon needs time and space to resolve these matters calmly," Aoun said, adding that disarming Hezbollah would happen through dialogue and communication. "Hezbollah after all is a Lebanese component and the Israeli occupation of the five hills (in south Lebanon) would not help Lebanon but only complicate the situation further."
Aoun said a national security strategy would be written soon and a national defense strategy would emerge from it, stressing that the Lebanese are united. "Sometimes we have different opinions, and that's normal and it's the essence of democracy. We have to discuss and debate. But in the end, our goal is one."
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The efforts might start soon, but at the rate they have been going for the last 30-40 years, it will take another 50.
Getting Hizballah to give up their arms is virtually "mission impossible", so let him not use the excuse of the Israeli occupation of the 5 hills. That could have been solved months ago if the Lebanese leaders had agreed to sit down with the Israelis, but they are the ones who are keeping on refusing.
