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US special envoy visits Lebanon to calm tensions on southern border
11 January 2024 14:51 GMT
US special envoy Amos Hochstein landed in Beirut on Thursday in an attempt to ease tensions on the Lebanon-Israel border and avoid a wider war, Reuters reports.
Hochstein visited several Lebanese officials, including the prime minister, the foreign minister, the army commander and the speaker of parliament.
"I firmly believe that the people of Lebanon do not want to see an escalation of the current crisis to further conflict," he told reporters in the Lebanese capital.
Hochstein reiterated the US's support for a diplomatic solution in order to avoid a spread of the war in Gaza.