Tehran: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and Lebanese Parliament Speaker talked via a telephone Nabih Berri have emphasized the need to accelerate efforts to end the ongoing war in Lebanon.
According to Iranian officials, Qalibaf said that one of the key topics discussed during last week’s negotiations in Switzerland was ending the Israeli war in Lebanon and ensuring the restoration of Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
He stated that the issue is an important part of the first clause of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran and the United States.
Qalibaf said that after the Iranian negotiating team raised concerns over alleged violations of this clause during the Swiss talks, all sides agreed to establish a “deconfliction cell” involving Iran, the United States, and Lebanon to monitor the implementation of the agreement in Lebanon.
He emphasized that Iran’s objective is “the end of the war in Lebanon, the return of displaced persons to their homes, and the removal of occupation and withdrawal of the Zionist regime from Lebanese territory,” adding that Tehran is seriously pursuing this goal.
Nabih Berri thanked Iran and its negotiating delegation for their position, saying that “what Iran pursued in Switzerland was in line with the interests of the Lebanese people.”
Berri also warned that “the Zionist enemy is attempting to bypass the issue of restoring Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity under the framework of the Islamabad MoU through alternative channels.”
He further described the Washington understanding between Lebanon and the Zionist regime as a “conspiracy and sedition.”
Both leaders stressed the importance of convening the deconfliction cell as soon as possible to help monitor developments and work toward bringing the conflict in Lebanon to an end.
