Humanitarian aid and ceasefire to be on the agenda at Paris conference on Lebanon

The start of a conference on Lebanon will be announced today, Thursday 24/10 by the president of France, Emmanuel Macron in the hope of mobilizing the international community to collect at least the 370 million dollars requested by the UN to help the displaced in the country because of the conflicts between Israel and Hezbollah. “This country, a friend of France, is today on the brink of the abyss,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barot said in a post on X. “Her people have been dragged into a war they did not choose. Taking action is a duty and that is why France has taken this initiative,” he added. In addition to the caretaker prime minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati, the foreign ministers of Lebanon Abdullah Bou Habib, Germany’s Analena Berbock and Canada’s Melanie Jolie, as well as the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs Joseph Borel, this conference will be attended by more from 70 participants, out of […]
Source: News Beast

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