Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati today called for a ceasefire on fire with Israel after a meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barro, who is the first senior Western diplomat to visit Beirut after the intensification of Israeli strikes on Lebanon, AFP reported, quoted by BTA.
„The key to the solution is to end Israeli aggression against Lebanon and to return to the call made by the US and France with the support of the European Union and Arab and other countries for a cease-fire,” said in a communiqué. of the office of the Lebanese Prime Minister.
Mikati added that the “priority is the implementation of UN Resolution 1701”, which ended the war between Israel and the Lebanese group "Hezbollah" in 2006
The French foreign minister arrived last night in Beirut, where for the first time since 2006 an Israeli strike hit a target in the central part of the capital, killing three members of a Palestinian armed group.
So far, the strikes have focused on the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, and southern and eastern Lebanon.
Baro handed over a shipment of medical supplies to the Lebanese health minister yesterday before holding a working meeting on the situation of 23,000 French nationals in Lebanon.
This morning, the French foreign minister met with the Maronite Patriarch Bishara Rai, and is due to hold talks with the Lebanese Chief of General Staff Joseph Aoun and the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri.