Army Commander General Joseph Aoun on Friday met at his Yarzeh office with the U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, Elizabeth Richard, and the British Ambassador to Lebanon, Hugo Shorter, with talks reportedly touching on the general situation and the bilateral military ties.

Afterwards, General Aoun chaired the meeting of the High Level Steering Committee of the US and UK aid program for the protection of the Lebanese ground borders, in the presence of Ambassadors Richard and Shorter, as well as joint work team.

The discussions markedly focused on the military aids provided so far by the US and UK during the previous stages and their future steps to meet the needs of the army units assigned to control the eastern and northern borders.

General Aoun thanked the American and British authorities for the qualitative military support to the army, which greatly contributed to the victory realized by the army against terrorism in the recent "Fajr El Jouroud" Operation.

Aoun highly appreciated the US and British keenness to continue their support to the military, to ensure military units' full readiness in charge of securing the borders, in terms of control and observation.

Both Ambassadors Richard and Shorter hailed "the extraordinary combat efficiency demonstrated by the Lebanese Army in the Fajr El Jouroud Operation against terrorism."

Both Ambassadors also underlined US and UK continual support to strengthen the capabilities of the military and to support its efforts to defend Lebanon and maintain its stability and territorial integrity

Source: NNA