WNAM REPORT: Full compliance with the UN Security Council Resolution 1701 remains the key to de-escalating tensions and averting bloodshed in Lebanon, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin told the UN Security Council.
“We presume, in a consistent and steadfast fashion, that a full and comprehensive compliance with UN Security Council resolution 1701 is needed. It combines Israel’s commitments to refrain from all offensive military operations, withdraw from Southern Lebanon and end occupation of Lebanon with provisions about Hezbollah’s withdrawal of all its forces north of the Litani River,” he said.
The deputy foreign minister expressed full support to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNFIL) that plays “the key stabilizing role” along the so-called blue line that separates Lebanon and Israel.
