On Wednesday's “PBS News Hour,” U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein, the chief negotiator for the Lebanon ceasefire, said Iran would try to rearm Hezbollah in the wake of the ceasefire agreement, but Iran is weakened. “We are,” he said. We will work to at least reduce and slow, if not eliminate, rearmament from Iran to Syria.”
PBS NewsHour foreign affairs and defense correspondent Nick Shiffrin asked, “What's going to prevent Iran from filling the hole that Hezbollah now has?”
Mr. Hochstein replied: But I think Iran is significantly weaker today than it was before. And part of this agreement is to try to at least reduce and slow, if not eliminate, rearmament from Iran to Syria. ”
Hochstein added:[T]here [are] There are two parts to this…what's happening inside Syria and what's happening inside Lebanon. This agreement concerns what is happening within Lebanon. The agreement requires the Lebanese state to control all borders, all borders. I think – I think it's written about authorized border crossings and unauthorized border crossings. This means that there is not only the Lebanese Army, but also other security agencies responsible for ensuring control of border crossings and asserting their control. And then there's the other question of what's going on inside Syria, and that's probably a question for another conversation on another day. ”
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