Vance: Eventually we want Lebanese gov't to police country's south
US Vice President JD Vance stated that a key goal of the Washington-Iran peace agreement is to allow the Lebanese government to police its southern region, not Iran-backed Hezbollah.
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday that part of the goal of Washington's peace agreement with Iran would be to allow the Lebanese government to police the south of its country, rather than the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
"What we want to see is the Lebanese government, the elected representatives of the people of Lebanon, who are able to police southern Lebanon, so that Hezbollah has not taken over the country, the Israelis are not threatened, and then consequently the Israelis are not attacking southern Lebanon or Beirut either," Vance told reporters.
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