The following is the full text of the nationally televised address delivered on Friday by Joseph Aoun, the president of Lebanon.
It follows the announcement by the Trump administration of a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon and the acceleration of direct talks between both countries under U.S. auspices to pursue a lasting peace treaty.
This text was first published by L’Orient Today, a French and English news service in Lebanon.
PRESIDENT AOUN THANKS THE UNITED STATES AND SAUDI ARABIA
My dear compatriots, my brothers and sisters –
















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