22 minutes agoTrump warns withdrawing military troops from Beirut, continuing dialogue with Iran
Periskopi(25 days ago)
(25 days ago)The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has indicated that after a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an agreement has been reached that Israeli forces will not be deployed in Beirut in an effort to avoid further escalation of tensions in the Middle East.
Through a post on the Social Truth platform, Trump named communication with Netanyah as the highly productive “”, announcing that Israeli military units on the move towards the Lebanese capital have received orders to withdraw.
I had a very productive telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyah. There will be no bodies going to Beirut, and those on the move have already withdrawn”, Trump has written, the Periscope broadcast.
The American president said contacts have also developed with Hezbollah representatives, who, according to him, have resulted in positive results and have helped reduce tensions in the region.
“S along with high representative developed a very good conversation with Hezbollah, and they agreed to stop all exchanges of fire. Israel will not attack them and they will not attack Israel”, Trump said.
According to the American president, the ban on dislocation of Israeli troops in Beirut has been one of the conditions set by Iran for continuing diplomatic contacts with the United States, under efforts to reach a broader agreement on stabilising the situation in the region.
Trump has announced that negotiations with Tehran are continuing and that the diplomatic process has not been interrupted.
Trump's statements come in a period of high tensions in the Middle East, where diplomatic efforts to avoid a wider regional conflict have intensified over the past few days.
