Report: Hezbollah studying US paper, int'l community bets on Berri role
by Naharnet Newsdesk 27 June 2025, 14:20
The ideas proposed by U.S. envoy Tom Barrack during his latest visit to Lebanon are now being discussed by President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and PM Nawaf Salam to reach 'a unified approach that would be adopted by Cabinet,' a media report said.
Aoun, Berri and Salam are awaiting 'the response of Hezbollah's leadership, after the ideas were sent to it for discussion and ahead of taking a final decision,' Lebanese sources told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper.
'Through shuttling between Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Israel, Barrack is seeking to offer all forms of support to preserve the stability of these countries,' the sources added.
The international community is meanwhile 'betting on a role for Berri in convincing his ally to offer the necessary facilitation, after he fulfilled his pledge that Hezbollah would not take part in the Iranian-Israeli war,' the sources said.
'This had facilitated Barrack's mission during his first visit to Beirut, which was focused on keeping Lebanon out of the war, considering it one of the ideas aimed at helping it devise an executive mechanism for the ceasefire agreement,' the sources added.
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