Sun. Nov 24th, 2024

NNA – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Friday said the international community must speed up efforts for a political solution to end the fighting in Lebanon and prevent a quot;conflagrationquot;.

In a statement released the day after a conference on aid for Lebanon in France, Borrell said the first step needed was a quot;ceasefirequot; between Israel and Hezbollah.nbsp;

quot;We are currently engaged in a race against time between the possible start of a political process in Lebanon and a generalised conflagration with incalculable consequences,quot; Borrell said.

quot;Without a suspension of hostilities, nothing will be possible,quot; he said.–agencies

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