Beirut: President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, expressed his thanks for all the efforts and endeavours undertaken, particularly by the United States of America, under the leadership of President Donald Trump, as well as by international organizations, foremost among them the International Committee of the Red Cross, which today led to the release of the first group of Lebanese detainees held by the Israeli government. According to National News Agency - Lebanon, President Aoun stated that this first step reaffirms the effectiveness of Lebanon's firm position, in all its components, and emphasizes the need to complete the required steps outlined in the trilateral framework. The aim is to restore full Lebanese sovereignty over all its territory. President Aoun concluded by extending his congratulations to the freed detainees and their relatives and families, renewing his commitment to continuing the struggle to achieve all national demands and objectives. He expressed his vision for a Lebanon where a ll citizens live with dignity in a free homeland, with the only weapons on its soil belonging to its legitimate forces, and where no authority over its people exists except that of a protective, guarantor, capable, and just state.