Lebanese cabinet approves ‘objectives’ of US plan to disarm Hezbollah

Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun convened a cabinet meeting at the presidential palace of Baabda to discuss disarming the country's Hezbollah group, as Washington pressed for action on the matter after several visits by a US envoy to Beirut in recent weeks [Handout/Lebanese Presidency / AFP]

Lebanon’s cabinet has again met to discuss the disarmament of Hezbollah despite the latter’s earlier rejection of the demands, which have largely been driven by the United States.

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said after the meeting on Thursday that ministers approved the “objectives” of a US proposal for “ensuring that the possession of weapons is restricted solely to the state”.