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Lebanese President: Direct Talks with Israel Aim to "End the State of War"
(The National-UAE) Jamie Prentis - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Monday, "My goal is to reach an end to the state of war with Israel, along the lines of an armistice agreement....What we are doing is not betrayal. Betrayal is committed by those who drag their country into war to serve external interests. Some criticize us for deciding to go to negotiations on the grounds that there is no national consensus. I ask: when you chose war, did you have national consensus first?" "How long will the people of the south continue to pay the price for others' wars on our land, most recently the war in support of Gaza and the war in support of Iran? If the war were for Lebanon, we would have supported it. But when its purpose serves the interests of others, I reject it entirely."