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BEIRUT, LEBANON (DEC. 5, 2025) (LEBANESE PRESIDENCY - RESTRICTED)

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BEIRUT, LEBANON - DEC. 5: Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri met on Friday (Dec. 5) with a visiting delegation of UN Security Council ambassadors, the country's presidency said.

The Lebanese government on Aug. 5 approved a plan, based on a draft proposal presented by US Special Envoy Tom Barrack, to place all weapons -- including those held by Hezbollah -- under state control and tasked the army with implementing the plan before the end of 2025.

Hezbollah has repeatedly rejected the move and insists that Israeli forces must fully withdraw from Lebanese territory before laying down arms.

The delegation also welcomed Lebanon’s inclusion of a civil official to the Mechanism Committee.

The mechanism was established under the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel on Nov. 27, 2024, and is tasked with monitoring the ceasefire and includes Lebanon, France, Israel, the US, and the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL).

The representatives began their visit to Lebanon earlier in the day after arriving from Syria and are scheduled to meet with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, and Lebanese army commander Rudolf Heikal.

On Wednesday, a rare meeting brought together civilian-led Israeli and Lebanese delegations with the ceasefire monitoring mechanism in Naqoura in southern Lebanon.

A ceasefire was reached between Tel Aviv and Beirut last year, after more than a year of attacks against the backdrop of the war in the Gaza Strip. More than 4,000 people were killed and 17,000 injured.

At least 335 people have been killed and 973 others wounded in 1,038 Israeli attacks since the ceasefire agreement came into effect in November 2024, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.

The Israeli army was supposed to withdraw from southern Lebanon this January under the ceasefire, but instead only partially pulled out and continues to maintain a military presence at five border outposts.