Lebanese PM Hariri Urges UN on Truce with Israel


Lebanese PM Hariri Urges UN on Truce with Israel

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri asked the United Nations to help Lebanon and Tel Aviv move towards a permanent ceasefire and end what he called Israel's "continuous violations" of Lebanese territory.

Israel waged a month-long war in 2006 against Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement that concluded with a cessation of hostilities but without a formal peace deal.

"I urge the UN secretary general to support efforts to secure, as soon as possible, a state of permanent ceasefire. This is long overdue and my government is committed to move this agenda forward," Hariri said.

Hariri was speaking on a visit to south Lebanon a day after Hezbollah officials staged a media tour near the same area to view what they said were recent Israeli fortifications on the border and to state their preparedness in case of any new war, Reuters reported.

The tour drew a response from Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner, who said in a Facebook post that Hezbollah's media tour was to "shake their sabres and pound their chests".

Under UN resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, the United Nations maintains a peacekeeping force on the border.

Resolution 1701 also required Israel to withdraw from Lebanese territory. Lebanon says that Israel has not fulfilled this because it continues to occupy a disputed area known in Lebanon as the Shebaa Farms.

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