US special envoy ‘satisfied’ with Lebanon reply to US roadmap to disarm Hezbollah

US Special Envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack speaks after a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, July 7, 2025. (REUTERS)
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Updated 07 July 2025
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US special envoy ‘satisfied’ with Lebanon reply to US roadmap to disarm Hezbollah

  • Aoun’s team gave Barrack a seven-page reply to his June 19 proposal

US special envoy Thomas Barrack said on Monday that he was “unbelievably satisfied” with the Lebanese government’s reply to an American proposal on how to disarm Hezbollah, which had signalled in recent days that it will not give up all its arms.

“What the government gave us was something spectacular in a very short period of time. I’m unbelievably satisfied with the response,” Barrack told reporters after meeting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, without giving details of the response.

Aoun’s team gave Barrack a seven-page reply to his June 19 proposal.


Saudi crown prince receives written message from president of Tanzania

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Saudi crown prince receives written message from president of Tanzania

  • The letter, about relations between the countries, is delivered by Tanzania’s foreign minister during a meeting with the Kingdom’s deputy foreign minister

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a written message on Tuesday from President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania about relations between their countries.

It was delivered by Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, Tanzania’s foreign minister, and accepted on the crown prince’s behalf by Waleed Elkhereiji, the Kingdom’s deputy minister of foreign affairs.

During their meeting at the ministry’s headquarters in Riyadh, the ministers discussed bilateral relations and ways in which they might be enhanced in all sectors, the Saudi Press Agency reported.