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DEFENSE MINISTER WELCOMES UNIFIL COMMANDER, HAILS UNIFIL’S ROLE IN SOUTH LEBANON

Minister of National Defense, Maurice Sleem, on Tuesday welcomed in his office at the Ministry UNIFIL Commander-in-Chief, Major General Aroldo Lazaro, who paid him a protocol visit, with an accompanying delegation, upon assuming his new mission in Lebanon.

Minister Sleem hailed UNIFIL’s role and the UN’s special care to Lebanon, especially in these circumstances that the country is going through.

Discussions during the meeting reportedly touched on “the existing relationship between UNIFIL and the Lebanese army forces deployed in south Litani, as well as on joint operational matters and frameworks for coordination related to the mission.”

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

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