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Lebanon's president seeks French, US support for Israeli withdrawal

French President Emmanuel Macron and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace, in Baabda, Lebanon, on 17 January 2025. © Reuters/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanese leaders said Beirut was in contact with Washington and Paris to press Israel to fully withdraw from south Lebanon, branding its presence in five points an "occupation" following the expiry of a ceasefire deadline.

According to a statement from the office of Lebanon's President, Joseph Aoun, "Lebanon is continuing its diplomatic contacts with the United States and France to complete Israel's withdrawal from the remaining territories it occupied in the last war".

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