ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - France is leading a diplomatic initiative at the United Nations that centers on a 60-state declaration to halt hostilities in Lebanon and prevent a total regional collapse, France’s Permanent Representative at the UN Jerome Bonnafont told Rudaw, noting that the declaration calls for an immediate cessation of violence and the reinforcement of Lebanese state sovereignty.
Speaking to Rudaw’s Namo Abdulla in New York, Bonnafont stated, "We have just adopted an important declaration with 60 states that have said what needed to be said about what is happening."
The senior French diplomat further expressed hope that “direct negotiations [between Lebanon and Israel] will be possible soon” and that the Pakistan-brokered, two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran “will also be extended for the benefit of Lebanon."
France is leading a diplomatic initiative at the UN that centers on a 60-state declaration to halt hostilities in Lebanon, France’s Permanent Representative at the UN Jerome Bonnafont told Rudaw.
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