Lebanon tasks army with plan to control weapons as Hezbollah rejects disarmament
Speaking to reporters at the conclusion of the session, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the army must draft its plan and present it before the government for review before Aug. 31.
BEIRUT — In a highly anticipated cabinet session on Tuesday, Lebanon’s government said it will task the Lebanese military with drafting a plan to take control of all weapons outside the state’s authority before the end of this year, while failing to adopt a US road map to fully disarm Hezbollah in exchange for an end of Israeli attacks on Lebanon.
What happened: Speaking to reporters at the conclusion of the session, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the army must draft its plan and present it before the government for review before Aug. 31.
The cabinet has agreed "to assign the Lebanese army to put together an implementable plan before the end of this year that will restrict weapons with specific entities, and later present it to the cabinet by the end of this month," Salam said.
The cabinet convened at the presidential palace in Baabda for a session presided over by President Joseph Aoun and in the presence of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, to discuss a 10-item agenda that notably included state sovereignty and control over weapons.
