(KUNA) -- Some 150 French soldiers arrived in Naqoura Port on board a French carrier to join the UNIFIL in implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, said a Lebanese security source on Friday. The source told KUNA that international forces and the French Navy ensured the safe delivery of machinery to the UNIFIL headquarters. The first 50 French soldiers had arrived in Lebanon on August 19.
Resolution 1701 stipulated that Lebanese forces and UNIFIL soldiers be deployed simultaneously in South Lebanon as Israel withdraws its forces from the area. EU foreign ministers are scheduled to meet in Brussels later today to discuss the forces they will send as part of the UNIFIL |