Lebanese soldier Joseph Aoun elected as new president of Lebanon
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The Lebanese parliament elected army commander Joseph Aoun as president after a 2-year vacuum. The new leader promised to ensure a state monopoly on weapons and develop a strategy to deter Israel.
Lebanon's parliament on Thursday elected current army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending more than two years of vacuum in the Lebanese presidency due to a lack of consensus between divided political blocs.
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Lebanon's parliament voted on Thursday to elect Army Commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a presidential vacuum that lasted more than two years.
The vote came weeks after a ceasefire agreement ended a 14-month conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and Lebanese leaders appealed for international aid to rebuild.
Aung promised to disarm the militias; he also said that “the state will have a monopoly” on weapons.
The main goal of the army's deployment in southern Lebanon is to ensure that no non-state entity possesses weapons in the region.
Aung also promised to rebuild areas destroyed during Israel's recent air offensive on the country. But he also promised to develop a defense strategy to deter Israel.
Recall
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