Washington/ New Delhi, June 4 -- Describing the outcome of US-brokered negotiations as the "last opportunity to enter into a final and comprehensive ceasefire," Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Thursday that Beirut was consulting domestic stakeholders, including Hezbollah, before responding to a ceasefire framework agreed with Israel during talks in Washington.
The proposed agreement, reached during the fourth round of trilateral negotiations involving U.S., Israeli and Lebanese officials, calls for a complete halt to Hezbollah attacks, the withdrawal of Hezbollah operatives from areas south of the Litani River and the establishment of pilot zones under the exclusive control of the Lebanese Armed Forces. Aoun said the United States w...