The American Foreign Minister emphasized the US's continued support for Lebanese institutions that can help stabilize the country, including Lebanon's regular military, according to a statement from the US State Department.
Blinken is also said to have stated that Lebanon cannot allow Iran or Hezbollah to stand in the way of Lebanon's security and stability, according to the statement.
In parallel with Blinken's comments, the American envoy Amos Hochstein stated that the US is working "unceasingly" to achieve a ceasefire.
We want the entire conflict to cease, he said to the Lebanese TV channel LBC, adding that Israel's shelling of UN forces in southern Lebanon on Friday was "unacceptable".
Since Israel intensified its attacks on Lebanon in September, more than 1,200 people have been killed, according to Lebanese authorities, and UN figures show that over one million are on the run.
