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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.

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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.