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Solana says Israel risks derailing Lebanon peace
31 Oct 2006 16:04:55 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Lebanon crisis

MADRID, Oct 31 (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana made a fresh call on Israel on Tuesday to stop operations that risked derailing the United Nations-brokered ceasefire which ended the war in Lebanon.

He appeared to be referring to a demand he made to Israeli leaders at the weekend for them to stop flying military jets over Lebanon.

"I spoke with Israeli authorities saying they should stop operations that, in our judgment, and based on the resolution, put a solution at risk," Solana told reporters in Madrid.

"Everyone has to comply with the resolution. Israel also has to comply. It has to comply in the strictest way," he said.

But, Solana said, the U.N. resolution had been generally "complied with well" and Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora was satisfied with the deployment of U.N. troops in the country.

Asked about cooperation between U.N. and Lebanese forces in the south, Solana said: "It is working almost perfectly".

The resolution was part of a U.N.-brokered ceasefire to stop a 34-day war in July and August. An international peacekeeping force, including Spanish troops, has been deployed in southern Lebanon.


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