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Aoun backs 'step-by-step' security deal with Israel, disarmament without internal clash
September 16, 2026 at 01:32 PM
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يواليوم السابع
جوزيف عون يتوجه إلى باريس للمشاركة في مؤتمر دولي لدعم الجيش اللبناني - اليوم السابع
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
عون يدعم سلام "خطوة خطوة" مع إسرائيل ونزع سلاح حزب الله دون صدام
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عون: نسعى لاتفاق أمني مع إسرائيل يمكن أن يكون مقدمة للسلام
(opens the publisher’s site)Lebanese President Joseph Aoun endorsed a step-by-step security accord with Israel and disarmament of Hezbollah without internal clash, ahead of a Paris conference seeking support for the Lebanese army.
- Aoun arrived in Paris on Wednesday for a Thursday conference with President Macron and King Abdullah II aimed at mobilizing international support for the Lebanese army.
- Aoun told AFP Lebanon seeks a security agreement with Israel to end the state of animosity, which could precede a peace deal pursued "step by step."
- Aoun said the goal of disarming Hezbollah is extending state authority, ruling out a "bloody domestic clash" and civil war.
- Aoun stated Lebanon is open to any force replacing UNIFIL but stressed avoiding a vacuum and that any replacement force needs a legal framework grounded in state sovereignty.