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A spokeswoman for the US State Department, Morgan Ortagus, said that France is an ally of the United States of America, has been with him in Iraq and Afghanistan and “will continue to be so”, but there are differences in foreign policies, especially in Lebanon and Iran.
In an interview with Al-Hurra TV, on the sidelines of the signing ceremony in Washington of the historic Ibrahim Agreement between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain, Ortagus said, commenting on what US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrote in his article published in the French newspaper “Le Figaro” on France’s position on Hezbollah and Iran: “It is important that the French people understand the American position on Lebanon and Iran.”
Ortagus also said that the French must understand that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization and that it will never be able to achieve the reforms demanded by the Lebanese people when they protested about a year ago.
Pompeo warns Paris
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned France yesterday that “their efforts to resolve the crisis in Lebanon may be in vain if the question of arming the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group is not immediately addressed. “.
Pompeo told France Inter radio: “The United States has assumed its responsibility and we will prevent Iran from buying Chinese tanks and Russian air defense systems, then selling” Hezbollah “weapons and undermining President (Emmanuel) Macron’s efforts in Lebanon.” . He continued: “We cannot allow Iran to get more money, influence and weapons, while at the same time trying to separate” Hezbollah “from the disasters it has caused in Lebanon.”
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