Lebanon's Aoun will not hold call with Netanyahu in near future, Lebanese officials say

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Lebanon's ⁠President Joseph ​Aoun will not ​hold a call with Israeli Prime Minister ​Benjamin Netanyahu ‌in ⁠the near future, ‌three Lebanese officials told Reuters ⁠on Thursday, after US President Donald ​Trump said leaders ‌of both countries would speak.

Two of ‌the Lebanese officials ​said that the Lebanese embassy in Washington had informed ​the US ​administration before ​a call between Aoun and ​Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday that Aoun would ⁠not speak to Netanyahu.

FRANCE 24's Renée Davis reports from Beirut, Lebanon.

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