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Friday, September 27, 2024
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Friday, September 27, 2024
Lebanese FM: Crisis in Lebanon ‘threatens entire Mideast,’ we back ‘ceasefire on all fronts’
Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bouhabib addresses the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, September 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Lebanon’s foreign minister calls for an immediate ceasefire “on all fronts,” warning that continued violence at his nation’s border will “transform into a black hole that will engulf international and regional peace and security.”
Abdallah Bouhabib, speaking before the UN General Assembly, decries Israel’s “systematic destruction of Lebanese border villages.”
“The crisis in Lebanon threatens the entire Middle East,” Bouhabib says. “We wish today to reiterate our call for a ceasefire on all fronts.”
He says Lebanon welcomes efforts by the United States and France to move urgently toward a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah “before the situation spirals out of control, with a domino effect, making this crisis impossible to contain.”
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