BEIRUT: Weapons for the Lebanese Army were the focus of talks in the US by Metn MP Sami Gemayel and Representative Howard Berman, a Democrat and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The National News Agency said that Gemayel, a Phalange Party official, paid a visit to Berman’s Los Angeles office, where he raised the issue of US opposition to granting the Lebanese Army military aid. Berman requested placing a hold on US military aid to the Lebanese Army following Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent visit to Lebanon and had earlier called for a halt of a $100 million dollar aid program, following a deadly clash in the village of Adaysseh in August between the Lebanese and Israeli armies. Gemayel said the Lebanese Army should be fully equipped in order to defend Lebanese territory, whereas Berman praised how Gemayel has safeguarded the principles of the March 14 coalition.