In meeting with Blinken, Egyptian FM says Lebanese army must control south

CAIRO – 26 November 2024: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Badr Abdelatty reiterated Monday in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken the importance of empowering Lebanese state institutions, mainly the army so it would control the south.

Abdelatty and Blinken conferred over the war in Lebanon, and efforts to achieve a ceasefire, on the sidelines of the G7 Ministerial Meetings held in Italy. The former underscored the importance of implementing UN Security Council resolution no. 1701 issued in 2006 on halting hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. He equally

The meeting took place in the framework of the periodic coordination and consultation between Egypt and the United States, joint work to contain the escalation in the Middle East, and discussing latest updates on ceasefire negotiations pertinent to Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

The Egyptian minister warned of the disastrous repercussions of the persistence of hostile Israeli policies against the Palestinian people, and violation of international law and humanitarian international law, on regional security and stability.

Therefore, the minister stressed the salience of immediate and sufficient delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, as well as ending Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.