President Joseph Aoun and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed during talks in Washington on Sunday on the need for a full Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon and the prompt implementation of the U.S.-brokered framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon, a Lebanese source told Al Arabiya and Al Hadath.

According to the source, the two sides agreed on the importance of launching the implementation of the framework agreement, with Aoun urging Israel to begin by completing its withdrawal from the first pilot zone in southern Lebanon.

The Lebanese president also called for stronger U.S. support for the Lebanese Armed Forces and Lebanon's military institutions, arguing that bolstering the military is essential to implementing the agreement and restoring state authority.

The discussions took place during Aoun's meeting with Rubio in the U.S. capital, where they reviewed the implementation of the framework agreement signed by Lebanon and Israel on June 26 under U.S. mediation to bring an end to hostilities between the two countries.

Rubio stressed that Lebanon should not become linked to any other negotiating track, according to the Lebanese source, while praising what he described as the Lebanese government's courage under Aoun's leadership in its efforts to restore state sovereignty, disarm Hezbollah, dismantle the group's military infrastructure and move toward peace.

The U.S. secretary of state also reaffirmed Washington's commitment to supporting the successful implementation of the trilateral framework agreement and backing the Lebanese government in its efforts to achieve peace, revive the economy and build what he described as a better future for the Lebanese people.

Trump Meeting Looms

Aoun's visit marks the first by a Lebanese president to Washington since 2009 and comes ahead of his scheduled meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

According to the Lebanese source, Aoun is expected to present Trump with a plan addressing Hezbollah's disarmament while seeking firm U.S. backing to ensure Israel's complete withdrawal from Lebanese territory.

The White House meeting comes at a particularly sensitive moment for Lebanon.

Israeli forces continue to occupy a broad swath of southern Lebanon, while hundreds of thousands of Lebanese remain displaced following Israeli military operations.

At the same time, Hezbollah has strongly rejected the Lebanese government's direct negotiations with Israel and continues to oppose state efforts to disarm the group.

Israel currently controls a security zone extending roughly 10 kilometers into southern Lebanon, saying the buffer area is necessary to protect its northern border communities from attacks by the Iran-backed Hezbollah.