Lebanese Foreign Minister Joe Raggi received a call Saturday from his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi, who congratulated Beirut on signing the framework agreement with Israel negotiated under American auspices.
Ayman Safadi © Mena Today
Lebanese Foreign Minister Joe Raggi received a call Saturday from his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi, who congratulated Beirut on signing the framework agreement with Israel negotiated under American auspices.
Safadi "expressed his hope that this agreement serves Lebanon's interests," particularly in reaffirming its sovereignty and restoring stability, Raggi said in a post on X.
"I thanked him for Jordan's unwavering support for Lebanon and reaffirmed that this agreement is above all a victory for diplomacy and for the authority of the state and its institutions," the Lebanese foreign minister added.
The call is the latest in a series of regional endorsements for Lebanon's decision to pursue direct negotiations with Israel, a sovereign path that has drawn strong backing from Arab states and sharp opposition from Hezbollah, which attempted to derail the process by insisting Iran handle the Lebanese file in its own talks with Washington.
A Lebanese official denied on Thursday a Reuters report that Beirut had agreed with Israel to a shortlist of countries that could send troops to Lebanon to verify the disarmament of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and said it was following up on the issue with Washington.
Israel won't withdraw from southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed, the defence minister said on Thursday, qualifying remarks he made a day earlier that had suggested Israeli forces would occupy the territory indefinitely and drew U.S. criticism.
The Strait of Hormuz is "under Iran's control and management", the head of Iran's Basij paramilitary unit, Hossein Taeb, said on Thursday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
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