Key facts
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.
- The meeting focused on implementing a US-brokered framework agreement signed by Israel and Lebanon on June 26.
- Rubio praised Aoun's leadership and efforts to disarm Hezbollah.
- A prior development indicated President Aoun was to meet President Trump at the White House to discuss disarming Hezbollah and securing Israeli withdrawal.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Sunday to discuss the implementation of a framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon, brokered by the United States and signed on June 26. The State Department issued a statement praising President Aoun's leadership and his government's efforts to disarm Hezbollah. This meeting follows a prior development where President Aoun was slated to visit the White House to present a plan to President Trump concerning the disarmament of Hezbollah and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanese territory.