U.S. President Donald Trump and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun held a phone call to discuss the Washington‑brokered framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel.

The framework calls for the disarmament of Hezbollah, a gradual Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon and the deployment of the Lebanese army in two pilot areas. Hezbollah has rejected the deal, and President Aoun urged the United States to stand by Lebanon, including its institutions, army and people.

According to Al Arabiya, President Aoun said the Lebanese state will assume responsibility for implementing the framework agreement and expressed hope that the United States would help prevent violations of the deal and press Israel to withdraw from the areas it occupies in southern Lebanon to enable deployment of the Lebanese army up to the international border. Al Arabiya also reported that President Trump said he looked forward to meeting Aoun in Washington soon. Al Monitor reported that Aoun told the head of U.S. forces in the Middle East that Lebanon intends to assert its sovereignty over the entire country, with the army deployed right up to the Israeli border, and that he met Admiral Brad Cooper to discuss the Washington‑brokered agreement signed the previous week. Dawn reported that the deal does not set a timetable for an Israeli withdrawal, and the South China Morning Post reported that the deal aims to permanently end hostilities after the latest Israel‑Hezbollah war.