Lebanon's Aoun to meet Trump at White House, hoping to generate pressure on Israel
REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo Published Jul 21, 2026, 02:07 PMUpdated Jul 21, 2026, 02:37 PMSet as preferred sourceListenBEIRUT, July 21 - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will meet U.S. The official said that Aoun, in addition to asking the U.S. president to press Israel to withdraw, would also present Trump with a written proposal on how to decommission Hezbollah's massive arsenal.SEEKING HEZBOLLAH'S DISARMAMENTAoun, 62, became president just before Trump began his second term in the White House. The U.S. welcomed Aoun's election.Aoun is a Maronite Christian, as required by Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system which stipulates the prime minister must be Sunni Muslim and the speaker of parliament must be Shi'ite Muslim.
- ▪REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo Published Jul 21, 2026, 02:07 PMUpdated Jul 21, 2026, 02:37 PMSet as preferred sourceListenBEIRUT, July 21 - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will meet U.S.
- ▪The official said that Aoun, in addition to asking the U.S. president to press Israel to withdraw, would also present Trump with a written proposal on how to decommission Hezbollah's massive arsenal.SEEKING HEZBOLLAH'S DISARMAMENTAoun, 62,
- ▪The U.S. welcomed Aoun's election.Aoun is a Maronite Christian, as required by Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system which stipulates the prime minister must be Sunni Muslim and the speaker of parliament must be Shi'ite Muslim.
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Lebanon's Aoun to meet Trump at White House, hoping to generate pressure on IsraelSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxFILE PHOTO: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun attends a cabinet session to discuss the army's plan to disarm Hezbollah, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Lebanon, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo Published Jul 21, 2026, 02:07 PMUpdated Jul 21, 2026, 02:37 PMSet as preferred sourceListenBEIRUT, July 21 - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will meet U.S.
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