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Reuters
BEIRUT
Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Monday the US withdrawal from world powers'2015 nuclear agreement with Iran would have negative consequences for Middle East stability.
Aoun, a Maronite Christian politician, is a political ally of Lebanon's Iran-backed Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah. The United States, which classifies Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation, arms and trains Lebanon's army.
"The unilateral U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear agreement (in May) will have negative repercussions for security and stability in the region,"Aoun wrote on Twitter, his first public comment on the accord.
"Lebanon considered (the deal) a cornerstone for stability in the region, helping make it an area free of weapons of mass destruction,"Aoun's office said in a statement summarising a meeting between him and Iranian foreign ministry official Hossein Jaberi Ansari.
