About the army .. What did Aoun say to a US official?

The President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, the American Senator McQueen Moulin, a member of the American Senate Committee and members of the accompanying delegation during his reception, this afternoon, at the Baabda Palace, that “the Lebanese army needs support in order to be able to carry out its national duty in general, and spread in the south to the internationally recognized borders that Lebanon refuses absolutely refusal to deduct any part of it, because the Lebanese sovereignty must be complete. Average. ”

He pointed out that “the support required for the army focuses on equipment and equipment in addition to financial support because the financial capabilities of the Lebanese state have declined in recent years due to the deterioration of the economic situation, but this decline did not prevent the army from carrying out its tasks on various Lebanese territories, especially the protection of borders, combating smuggling, confronting terrorism, and extending the state’s authority, and seeking to increase many army in the southern region to reach ten thousand.
President Aoun stressed, “Lebanon’s adherence to the withdrawal of the Israeli forces from the places that it still occupies so that the army can complete its deployment.” He offered the delegation the government’s “economic and financial reforms.”
In response to a question about the paper presented by the American delegate, Ambassador Thomas Barack and the observations developed by the Lebanese side, President Aoun stressed “the need to work to achieve the Israeli withdrawal from the five points.
In response to a question, President Aoun explained Lebanon’s relationship with Syria at this stage, pointing to “the existing coordination between the two countries in the security field and the need to maintain stability on the common borders between them.”
The accompanying delegation of the Sunaer included MP Jason Smith, MP Jimmy Panetta: Joe Deffer, Kindel Dayhnil and Dylan Tchandler as well as the Chargé d’Affairs of the American Embassy in Beirut, Mr. Keith Hanigan.

The Committee for the Insurance Organizations Control President Aoun, Chairman of the Observation Committee for Warning Bodies, accepted Mr. Nadim Al -Haddad and the members of the Committee, Mr. Yahya Taboula and Jad Jaber, on the occasion of their recent appointment to the committee, and informed the President of the Republic on the tasks entrusted to them and the broad titles of their work in the next stage, especially in terms of completing the necessary reforms and controlling the abuses that could happen. Pointing out that their responsibility is great in monitoring the guarantor bodies and preserving the rights of citizens, and preventing corruption “provided that you put in place your eyes in the public interest that must remain above all considerations.” President Aoun stressed “the need to address the problems facing the security companies sector in cooperation and coordination between the various concerned parties.”