Macron to visit Lebanon Thursday, French team to meet UNIFIL
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to arrive in Lebanon on Thursday to inspect French peacekeepers deployed in south Lebanon as part of the UNIFIL force, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Friday.
The visit comes on the occasion of Christmas, the daily noted.
French political and security officials will meanwhile visit UNIFIL’s command to discuss “means to implement a French scheme for establishing a buffer zone in the south Litani area and forcing Hezbollah to withdraw to the area north of the river,” al-Akhbar added.
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