No group in Lebanon is permitted to bear arms or rely on foreign backing, its president told a visiting senior Iranian official yesterday after the cabinet approved the goals of a US-backed roadmap to disarm the Iran-aligned Hizbollah group.
During a meeting in Beirut with Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s top security body, President Joseph Aoun warned against foreign interference in Lebanon’s internal affairs, saying the country was open to co-operation with Iran but only within the bounds of national sovereignty and mutual respect.
Larijani said the Islamic republic supports Lebanon’s sovereignty and does not interfere in its decision-making
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