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📰 5 sources 5 articles · 13 Oct 2026, 12:47 → 5 days ago

Rajji from Moscow: The state alone decides war and peace and restricting weapons

The story covers statements by Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Youssef Rajji during his official visit to Moscow and his meeting with Arab ambassadors, on the war and peace decision, restricting weapons, and direct negotiations. His positions also included condemning Iranian attacks on Saudi Arabia, Gulf states and Jordan, and relying on a positive Russian role.

📍 Where things stand: The latest development remains Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji’s statements from Moscow, where he stressed that the state alone decides war and peace and restricting weapons, amid talk of the direct negotiations option.

⏱️ Timeline

  1. 13 Oct 2026, 12:47 In a speech before Arab ambassadors in Moscow, Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Youssef Rajji stressed that the decision of war and peace in Lebanon is the prerogative of the Lebanese state alone.
  2. 13 Oct 2026, 12:55 Rajji indicated that direct negotiations aim to protect Lebanon's interest.
  3. 13 Oct 2026, 13:03 During his official visit to Moscow, Rajji stressed the necessity of restricting weapons to the Lebanese state and restoring the war and peace decision, affirming that no one negotiates on behalf of Lebanon except its state, and that direct negotiations have become the government's option after the failure of the military path, aiming to stop Israeli attacks and restore occupied territories. This came during a lengthy meeting with Arab ambassadors accredited in Moscow.
  4. 13 Oct 2026, 13:43 During his official visit to Russia, Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji renewed reliance on a positive and balanced Russian role, and condemned repeated Iranian attacks on Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states and Jordan. In a meeting with Arab ambassadors in Moscow, he explained the delicacy of the situation in Lebanon caused by Hezbollah dragging the country into a war, affirming that the Lebanese demand for a state in which no weapons exist except for the legitimate military forces is independent of regional calculations.
Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

How the sources covered it

Coverage angles differed in what they highlighted from Rajji’s statements: some focused on the war and peace decision and direct negotiations, others on restricting weapons, the Russian role and condemning Iran, while Al Akhbar presented the statements as an attack on Iran from Moscow.

AI comparison of what each outlet emphasized. It describes emphasis, not accuracy.
Lebanon 24LBCI LebanonLebanon Debateannahar.comAl Akhbar

📰 All coverage

📅 2026-10-13
Al Akhbar 15:13
Raji attacks Iran from Moscow and affirms: Our goal is to restrict weapons and restore the decision of war and peace
Al Akhbar newspaper reported that Raji attacked Iran from the Russian capital Moscow, affirming that the goal is to restrict weapons and restore the decision of war and peace.
annahar.com 13:43
Lebanon's Foreign Minister: No weapons outside the state and no negotiation on behalf of Lebanon
Lebanon's Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji renewed, during his official visit to Russia, reliance on a positive and balanced Russian role, and condemned repeated Iranian attacks on S…
Lebanon Debate 13:03
Rajji's message from Moscow… war and peace decision in the hands of the state
Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji stressed during his official visit to Moscow the need to confine weapons to the Lebanese state and restore the war and peace decision, affir…
LBCI Lebanon 12:55
Raji to Arab ambassadors in Moscow: The Lebanese state alone decides war and peace, and direct negotiations aim to protect Lebanon's interest
Raji affirmed to Arab ambassadors in Moscow that the decision on war and peace in Lebanon rests exclusively with the Lebanese state, noting that direct negotiations aim to protect …
Lebanon 24 12:47
Raji to Arab ambassadors in Moscow: The Lebanese state alone decides war and peace
In remarks to Arab ambassadors in Moscow, Raji stressed that the decision on war and peace in Lebanon rests with the Lebanese state alone. The position was delivered in an address …