BEIRUT, April 29 — France’s top diplomat yesterday urged de-escalation between Israel and the Hezbollah movement during his second visit to Lebanon since cross-border tensions...
BEIRUT, April 29 — France’s top diplomat yesterday urged de-escalation between Israel and the Hezbollah movement during his second visit to Lebanon since cross-border tensions flared alongside the Gaza war.
The United States has led diplomatic efforts to halt violence along the border with Israel, with France also seeking ways to calm tensions.Paris presented to both Lebanon and Israel an initiative earlier this year seeking to end hostilities. Ahead of the press conference Sejourne met Lebanese officials, including Prime Minister Najib Mikati, army chief Joseph Aoun and influential parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri, a Hezbollah ally.A return to stability “requires the redeployment of armed forces in southern Lebanon,” he added, referring to a region where Hezbollah holds sway.
The objective of that roadmap, Sejourne said, “is to achieve the full implementation by all parties of Security Council Resolution 1701.” More than four years into an economic collapse, and essentially leaderless, Lebanon is ill-prepared for regional conflict.
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