Lebanon PM says Beirut working for 'complete Israeli withdrawal'

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Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam stated that Lebanon is working towards the complete Israeli withdrawal from occupied areas. The statement follows a US-sponsored agreement covering disarmament of Hezbollah and deployment of Lebanese army forces in designated zones.

Lebanon is working towards a "complete Israeli withdrawal" from areas it occupies, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Wednesday on a visit to a village where Lebanon's army recently deployed. Under a US-sponsored agreement signed last month, Lebanon's army is meant to disarm Hezbollah and the Israeli military is to withdraw from "pilot zones" where Lebanese forces will subsequently deploy.