Hezbollah leader urges Lebanon to cancel US talks with Israel

The leader of Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, on April 13 called on the Lebanese government to cancel a planned meeting with Israel in Washington, reiterating the group’s opposition to direct negotiations with the country.

In a televised address, Qassem called this step a “historic and heroic stance,” Caliber.Az reports, citing Iranian media.

His remarks came ahead of a scheduled April 14 meeting in the United States between Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors.

Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group that has been engaged in hostilities with Israel since March 2, has repeatedly opposed any direct talks between Lebanon and Israel.

By Bakhtiyar Abbasov