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Friday, September 27, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Friday, September 27, 2024
Starmer tells Lebanese PM he supports ‘immediate ceasefire and negotiated solution’
Britain Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, holds a bilateral meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the United Nations headquarters, September 26, 2024. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met his Lebanese counterpart at the United Nations and discussed the importance of an immediate ceasefire and a negotiated solution in the conflict with Israel, his office says.
Starmer met Lebanon’s Najib Mikati at the United Nations General Assembly.
“The prime minister opened by giving his sincere condolences to Prime Minister Mikati for the loss of civilian life in recent weeks,” the statement says. “They discussed the escalating conflict in Lebanon, and agreed on the importance of an immediate ceasefire and a negotiated solution.”
