US President Donald Trump on Tuesday directed his administration to allow American airline carriers to “fly directly” to Lebanon and expressed optimism that other countries would take the same initiative.
He announced in a post on Truth Social shortly after his bilateral meeting with Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun.
Trump lauded the leadership of Aoun in transforming Lebanon and said that direct flights to the country would see Americans visit the “beautiful land” and expressed optimism that other countries would follow suit.
He wrote, “After meeting with the President of Lebanon, Joseph Aoun, who has done a remarkable job working to transform his Country, I am hereby directing my Administration to allow all US airline carriers to fly directly to Lebanon so that Americans can easily visit this beautiful land. Hopefully, other Countries will do the same. Enjoy!”
Meanwhile, during his meeting with President Auon at the Oval Office, President Trump recalled that the two leaders had been in touch and spoken on several occasions through representatives, as he termed the ties “very good.”
He told the reporters, “I think that Lebanon has been a very mistreated country for a long period of time. It’s an amazing group of people- professors, doctors, lawyers, great intellectuals and it has been hard for many, many decades… We’re going to help it a lot.”
ANI
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