Lebanon FM says state arms monopoly is a national choice; Aoun stresses diplomacy

[天空新闻阿语] Lebanon's Foreign Minister Youssef Raji said the government's decisions to confine weapons to the state and extend its authority over the entire territory "express a national choice to build the state and are not made to please any party," according to Sky News Arabia. President Joseph Aoun stressed that safe and sustainable solutions are achieved through diplomatic negotiation, not war, the outlet reported.