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China calls to revisit decision to wind down Lebanon peacekeeping mission

A French contingent of UNIFIL peacekeepers patrols the area as displaced residents waving Hezbollah flags make their way back to their homes on a makeshift road, built at the site where the Qasmieh bridge was destroyed in Israeli strikes, in the southern Lebanese area of al-Qasmiyeh on April 18, 2026. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
China’s ambassador to the United Nations Fu Cong says there is a need to revisit a decision that will see the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) end at the end of the year.
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