Lebanon's Hezbollah ready to talk 'defense strategy' amid calls to disarm
A Hezbollah parliament member has shown willingness to begin talks on what he called a "national defense strategy," stressing that the Lebanese government must fulfill its responsibilities in ending the Israeli attacks in the country.
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s paramilitary Hezbollah group said Thursday that it was ready to engage in talks with the Lebanese government on national defense, amid mounting pressure for the group to disarm.
Speaking at a press conference in parliament on Thursday, Hezbollah’s member of parliament Hassan Fadlallah expressed his group’s readiness to discuss what he described as a “national defense strategy” aimed at protecting Lebanon’s sovereignty in light of the repeated Israeli attacks in the south despite a ceasefire.
He said the Lebanese state is responsible for ending these attacks, reiterating his group’s commitment to the ceasefire deal.
“A fundamental and permanent item on the government's agenda must be to stop the violation of the country's sovereignty, protect the lives of its citizens, deploy its army in [all areas of] the south, and rebuild what the enemy has destroyed and continues to destroy,” he stressed.
