Raji: “Establishing the negotiation track has entrenched the separation of the Lebanese track from the Iranian one”

Foreign Minister Youssef Raji wrote on his account on the X platform:

“I received a phone call from German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, who expressed his country’s steadfast support for the efforts undertaken by the Lebanese government to assert its sovereignty and achieve stability, stressing that Germany is working to reach a ceasefire. He also informed me of the allocation of humanitarian aid for the Lebanese people worth 45 million euros.

For my part, I thanked him for his country’s humanitarian and political support, and explained to him that Lebanon is seeking, through direct negotiations with Israel, to reach a ceasefire. I stressed that establishing this track has effectively entrenched the separation between the Lebanese file and the Iranian track. I also affirmed that the Lebanese state alone holds the decision to negotiate on behalf of Lebanon, in a clear message that reasserts the principle of national sovereignty at the heart of Lebanese diplomacy.”