Aoun Says Lebanon Welcomes Kuwaiti Paper of Demands
President Michel Aoun informed, Wednesday, U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka that the Lebanese response to the Kuwaiti paper will be given by the end of the week.
Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib will give Beirut's response during a meeting of Arab foreign ministers on January 30 in Kuwait, Aoun said.
Aoun told Wronecka that Lebanon "welcomes" the Kuwaiti initiative to rebuild confidence between Lebanon and Arab and Gulf states.
He added that "sisterly Kuwait has always offered its support to Lebanon."
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed al-Nasser, who visited Lebanon over the weekend, gave Lebanese authorities a list of suggested measures to be taken to ease the diplomatic rift with Gulf Arab countries.
Media reports said he demanded a response by the end of the week, which marks the date of the ministers' meeting in Kuwait.
Sheikh Ahmed said he was "carrying a Kuwaiti, Gulf, Arab and international message containing measures and ideas to build confidence again with Lebanon."
The measures include Lebanon's commitment to U.N. resolutions related to Hizbullah's disarmament, according to a leaked copy of the paper.
Aoun had reportedly stressed that “the issue of Hizbullah’s arms and its regional role is not a local issue that has to do with Lebanon alone, but rather a regional and international issue.”
Source: Naharnet
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