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US envoy in Beirut for talks

The US envoy to Lebanon says he is satisfied by the response to a proposal accounting for a framework and ultimatum for the disarmament of the resistance, but no clear timeline to end the Israeli occupation and daily strikes.

Mariam Saleh
Press TV, Beirut

The US envoy to Lebanon, Thomas Barrack, has said the Lebanese government handed him a seven-page document in response to a proposal by Washington aimed at disarming Hezbollah. Analysts argue that the proposal is part of pressures on Lebanon to go for a security agreement with Israel.