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What comes after UNIFIL? Lebanon weighs new options to monitor pilot zones

From LBCI Lebanon · () English

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  • Lebanon is pursuing efforts to expand pilot zones under a framework agreement despite challenges surrounding implementation.
  • LBCI reports that Lebanon and the United States have put forward four proposals to monitor the zones, particularly the disarmament of Hezbollah south of the Litani River.
  • One Lebanese proposal would replace the U.N. resolution ending UNIFIL’s mandate with a new resolution authorizing an international force.

Lebanon is not giving up on expanding the pilot zones set out in the framework agreement, even as the initiative faces significant challenges.

President Joseph Aoun and the Lebanese negotiating team are pressing ahead, pointing to progress on the detainee issue after talks held by U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa. Those discussions also addressed expanding the pilot zones.

LBCI has learned of four proposals for verifying that the zones are being implemented properly, with particular attention to Hezbollah’s disarmament south of the Litani River. Lebanon submitted three proposals, while Washington put forward the fourth.

The first Lebanese proposal would repeal U.N. Security Council Resolution 2790, which ends UNIFIL’s mandate at the end of the year, and replace it with a new resolution permitting an international force to remain involved. The source text ends while describing the proposal.

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