AMMAN – Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati
held a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Jordanian
capital, Amman, on Saturday. The meeting was attended by Lebanon's Ambassador
to Jordan, Youssef Emile Raji, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf, and Deputy Chief of Staff at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs Tom Sullivan.
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During the meeting,
Prime Minister Mikati emphasized "the priority of working to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza to stop
the ongoing Israeli aggression there. He also stressed the need to halt the
Israeli aggression in southern Lebanon and the scorched earth policy pursued by
Israel, using internationally banned weapons to cause more
human casualties and
destroy southern regions and towns."
Mikati reiterated that "Lebanon is
committed to international legitimacy and the implementation of
UN Security Council Resolution 1701. In coordination with UNIFIL, it calls on the
international community to pressure Israel to stop the daily encroachments and
violations on its land, sovereignty on land, sea, and airspace."
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken stressed
"that he is making efforts to stop military operations for humanitarian
purposes, with the simultaneous start of discussions on addressing the issue of
prisoners."
Secretary of State Blinken is meeting with
Arab foreign ministers in the Jordanian capital, Amman, amid Arab calls for an
immediate ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. The meeting comes a day after
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a U.S. proposal for a
"temporary truce."
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