As talks resume, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told The Post any deal requires a “full withdrawal” of Israeli forces after Israel seized a “buffer zone” in Lebanon.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam at the European Council building in Luxembourg on Tuesday. (Virginia Mayo/AP)
PARIS — Heading into a second round of rare direct talks with Israel, Lebanon is urging the Trump administration to pressure Israel to scale back its demands andend its military invasion of the country, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said in an interview with The Washington Post.