NNA – Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Dr. Abdallah Bou Habib, winded up his visit to New York with a meeting with the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres.nbsp;
The meeting took place in the presence the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, and the Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific, Khaled Khiari.
Caretaker Minister Bou Habib thanked the UN Secretary-General for his intervention during the ministerial-level session of the United Nations Security Council, and appreciated his position on the situation in the Middle East.nbsp;
Minister Bou Habib also invited Guterres to visit Lebanon.
Bou Habib stressed, ldquo;Lebanonrsquo;s adherence to the work of UNIFIL forces and their coordination with the Lebanese army, and the Lebanese authoritiesrsquo; keenness on their safety and facilitating their mission.rdquo;
The Minister also underlined Lebanon#39;s readiness for a comprehensive and balanced implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701 within a comprehensivenbsp;solution that ensuresnbsp;stability and sustainablenbsp;calm.quot;
Viewpoints were also similar on ldquo;the necessity of a ceasefire in Gaza, and the application of the two-state solution to exit the spiral of conflict in the Middle East.quot;
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