"Speaking with the UNSC team on Friday, Aoun urged them to pressure Israel to respect a November 2024 ceasefire it has violated on a near-daily basis and to withdraw from areas it continues to occupy in southern Lebanon. list of 3 itemsend of list We look forward to pressure from your side, said Aoun, in comments carried by the NNA."
"Aoun earlier said the UN delegation, which is also due to meet with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Lebanese army commander Rodolphe Haykal, would tour southern Lebanon to check the situation on the ground. The trip would help the delegation see the real picture of what is happening there, as the army works to implement a plan to dismantle Hezbollah's weapons, said Aoun."
"The UN visit comes amid tentative signs of potential deeper engagement between Lebanon and Israel, which have technically been at war since 1948. On Wednesday, civilian representatives from the two states held their first direct talks in decades, in a move hailed by the United States as a step towards security, stability and a durable peace. Salam said the meetings were positive but downplayed their significance, saying they were not part of any path towards normalisation and focused only on implementing the 2024 truce."
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met a United Nations Security Council delegation to address escalating tensions with Israel and efforts to disarm Hezbollah following recent Israeli raids in southern Lebanon. Aoun urged the UNSC to press Israel to respect the November 2024 ceasefire, which he said has been violated almost daily, and to withdraw from areas it still occupies in the south. The UN delegation will tour southern Lebanon and meet Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and army commander Rodolphe Haykal to assess the situation while the Lebanese army implements a plan to dismantle Hezbollah's weapons. The visit coincides with civilian talks between Lebanon and Israel focused on implementing the 2024 truce, which Lebanese officials described as positive but not a path to normalisation.
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