2023-12-20 05:41:54
Sources accompanying the visit of French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna to Beirut revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that she did not carry an Israeli offer, but she conveyed the atmosphere that she sensed in Tel Aviv during her meetings with Israeli officials, and informed the Lebanese officials that there is “a serious risk of war breaking out if the issue of weapons is not addressed.” Hezbollah in the southern Litani region,” and that Israel “will not remain silent regarding the reality of the emptying of the north and the obstacles that prevent the residents of these areas from returning to their homes.”
The sources pointed out that Colonna raised the need for Lebanon to be a partner in a quick solution, and the need to find a solution to the issue of the presence of party fighters in the south of the Litani.
Lebanese sources believed that impressions of Colonna’s visit indicated “a French attempt to dismantle mines, a concern for the stability of Lebanon, and another concern for the security of the UNIFIL forces, in which France participates with about 800 soldiers, and is deployed in the south of the Litani region.”
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