US talks truce as Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah

US envoy says left to 'Israel to comply with equal handshake'

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The US special envoy to Lebanon said yesterday that his team would discuss the long-term cessation of hostilities with Israel, after Beirut endorsed a US-backed plan for the Hezbollah militant group to disarm.

Tom Barrack, following a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, also said Washington would seek an economic proposal for postwar reconstruction in the country, after months of shuttle diplomacy between the US and Lebanon.