The American deputy envoy in the Middle East, Morgan Ortridos, said it “is not afraid” from the Lebanese Armed Group, Hezbollah.
The United States demanded that Hezbollah not be part of the government of Lebanon.
On Friday, the Middle East Middle East envoy in Washington Ortridos said that the President of Lebanon, Joseph Aoun, met that she was “not afraid” from the armed group “because they were defeated militarily.” However, she said that the United States made its continuous role in the government a “red line”.
It is believed that Hezbollah, the Shiite Muslims, supported by Iran, has been weakened by the recent Israeli war on Lebanon, but it maintains an important political role.
“We have set clear red lines … that [Hezbollah] He will not be able to intimidate the Lebanese people, and this includes being part of the government. “
Ortagus is the first senior American official to visit Lebanon since US President Donald Trump took office and since the election of Eun as president.
Her visit comes amid the process of forming the parked cabinet in Lebanon, where government jobs are divided into sectarian lines. Hezbollah’s ally, AMAL, insisted on agreeing to all Shiite Muslim ministers, while maintaining the process in a state.
Ortridos was widely expected to present a difficult message to Lebanese officials on Hezbollah.
The ceasefire by the United States and France to end the fighting in late November has set a final date for 60 days for Israel to withdraw from southern Lebanon, and to Hezbollah to withdraw its fighters, arms and Lebanese forces for publication in the region.
However, the Israeli forces remained in southern Lebanon to carry out demolitions in the border villages, and the deadline for the withdrawal was extended until February 18.
Ortagus referred to the date of the new withdrawal on Friday, but it did not explicitly say that the Israeli army will withdraw from Lebanese territory.
“February 18 will be the date of re -publication, when [Israeli] The forces will finish it, and of course [Lebanese] She said that the forces will come behind, so we are very committed to the history of the company. “