Shafaq News/ Lebanon’ssecurity chief, Maj. Gen. Hassan Shokeir, held talks with top Iraqi officials todefuse tensions sparked by President Joseph Aoun’s recent remarks about Iraq’sPopular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Al-Akhbar reported on Thursday.
Citing informed sources, thepaper said indirect channels had already eased friction, and a directconversation between the Lebanese and Iraqi presidents is expected to furtherclarify the situation.
The diplomatic strain followedAoun’s televised comments on Tuesday, in which he rejected proposals to “replicateIraq’s PMF model” to incorporate Hezbollah into Lebanon’s armed forces.
He clarified that whileindividual Hezbollah members could integrate through standard procedures, thegroup itself would not operate independently within the military, reaffirmingthat all weapons must remain under state control.
In response, Iraq’s ForeignMinistry summoned the Lebanese ambassador to formally express its “discomfort”over the president’s remarks about the PMF.
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