Bassil rejects 'forced normalization' with Israel, calls for neutrality, state monopoly on arms
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Free Patriotic Movement leader Jebran Bassil called on Tuesday for full Israeli withdrawal and an exclusive state monopoly on weapons as two conditions for Lebanese sovereignty, as he met with President Joseph Aoun in Baabda. "Sovereignty requires Israel's withdrawal and the Lebanese state's commitment to a monopoly on weapons," Bassil said.
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[Claude] Both reports describe the same Tuesday meeting in Baabda where Bassil called for Israeli withdrawal and a state arms monopoly, with the same opening text and no conflicting facts.
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