Lebanon-Israel: international locations within the area should take part in negotiations, pleads Macron | EUROtoday
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The French president declared Thursday April 23 that the talks deliberate in Washington between Lebanon and Israel should embody “all countries in the region which are relevant” for the “security” of the nation of the Cedar as a way to obtain a “lasting peace”. “We are all working to ensure that the ceasefire is extended,” mentioned Emmanuel Macron, whereas Beirut needs to request a one-month extension of the truce already in pressure since April 17.
“Lebanon is today under very strong pressure and we are all working to ensure that the ceasefire is extended,” he declared alongside his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides earlier than an off-the-cuff European summit in Nicosia.
To do that, the negotiations should “take place in a suitable framework, that is to say obviously between Lebanon and Israel”, however together with “all the countries in the region which are relevant for the security and stability of Lebanon over the long term”, he added.
Lebanon: “The countries of the region must be involved in the negotiations”
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“And so that we can truly build the conditions for a lasting peace which respects the sovereignty of Lebanon, its territorial integrity and which permanently disarms Hezbollah,” the French president additional underlined.
Emmanuel Macron additionally reiterated that France was “ready” to arrange a convention in help of the Lebanese armed forces when Beirut “deems it appropriate”.
Negotiations with out France
The Israeli ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, affirmed in mid-April that Paris had nothing to do within the negotiations between Israel and Lebanon. The Élysée then responded that “many will be happy to be able to count on France, including the Israelis” when it’s needed to assist the Lebanese authorities to “restore security and their sovereignty over the entire Lebanese territory”.
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The leaders of the EU international locations assembly at a summit in Nicosia can have a working lunch on Friday with the President of Lebanon Joseph Aoun, that of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, the Syrian Ahmed al-Chareh and the Crown Prince of Jordan Hussein bin Abdallah.
With AFP
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