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France appoints general to help oversee Lebanon ceasefire

By Lazar Berman

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5 December 2024, 4:18 pm 10 Edit

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

France will be represented in the Lebanon ceasefire oversight mechanism by Brigadier General Guillaume Ponchin, the French Foreign Ministry announces. He will be joined by 10 military and civilian personnel from the French Foreign Ministry and Armed Forces Ministry.

“The supervision mechanism will operate in close coordination with the Lebanese Army, the IDF, and UNIFIL to ensure the implementation of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon,” says the Quai d’Orsay. “At the same time, the mechanism will cooperate with the Military Technical Committee for Support to Lebanon with the aim of strengthening the Lebanese Army and assisting its deployment in the south of the country.”