G7 Agrees on Need to Avoid 'Security Void' in Lebanon After UN Force Mandate Ends: Paris
Ministers urged a new security architecture to support the Lebanese Armed Forces as options for replacing the 7,500-member peacekeeping mission remain unsettled.
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G7 agrees on need to avoid 'security void' in Lebanon after UN force mandate ends: Paris
They also backed "the need to move quickly toward a new security architecture" after the mandate of United Nations peacekeeping forces in Israel's neighbour expires at the end of the year, he said. But Barrot acknowledged there had been no breakthrough on what should replace the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which has been in place since 1978 and now counts some 7,500 personnel from nearly 50 countries. Under US pressure, the…
PARIS - French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Tuesday that there is a consensus among G7 foreign ministers on the "need to prevent a security vacuum" in Lebanon following the withdrawal of the UN peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) from southern Lebanon. AFP reports.
As the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mission draws to an end at the end of the year, international movements are escalating to seek alternative security arrangements that will ensure that there is no vacuum in southern Lebanon, given the continuing tensions on the ground and the security challenges facing the region, in conjunction with fears of renewed military confrontation between the United States and Iran. In this context…
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