A European Security Service Conditioned on Disarming Hezbollah

The "Spot Shot" source learned that the European Union's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, during her visit to Beirut this month, proposed to Lebanese officials a trade-off involving the creation of a European training mission for the benefit of the Lebanese Army and the Internal Security Forces, in exchange for what she described as "serious commitments from the Lebanese government regarding the disarmament of Hezbollah." The proposal was interpreted as meaning that the mission's task may extend to strengthening the security agencies' capacities in the field of disarmament and helping them draw up the necessary plans, and that its scope may not be limited to southern Lebanon, especially since Kallas had already inquired with Lebanese officials about the measures the government intends to take as part of the mission to restrict weapons in Beirut and its suburbs.