EU Top Diplomat Says Bloc in Favour of UN Lebanon Peacekeepers' Extension
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EU top diplomat says bloc in favour of UN Lebanon peacekeepers' extension
The EU's top diplomat also said that the bloc would soon be launching a training mission for the Lebanese army, calling it "a major upgrade in the security relationship" with the Mediterranean country. Lebanon's cash-strapped, under-resourced military faces enormous challenges, including in completing its deployment to south Lebanon under a US-sponsored framework agreement reached between Israel and Lebanon in June. "Our member states have been …
EU urges extension of Lebanon peacekeepers’ mandate to avert security vacuum
LONDON: The European Union supports extending the mandate of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon to avoid a security vacuum in the country’s south, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, told AFP on Thursday. The mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, is due to expire on Dec. 31. Kallas, during a Beirut visit, warned against ending the mission before another international force is ready to verify compliance with a US-brokered…
The United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon has approximately 7,500 members from almost 50 countries and has been deployed since 1978, but its presence has not prevented the repeated escalation of the conflict.
The EU Foreign Policy Officer Kaya Callas from Beirut announced that the EU supports the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in South Lebanon (UNIFIL) as its tasks near the end of this year's escalation with Israel. In an interview with France Press on the margins of its visit to Lebanon, the EU's member states have always said (read more).
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