Brussels, 12/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 9 December, the high representative strongly condemned the bombing of a United Nations Interim Force vehicle in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The attack injured five French UN peacekeepers and two civilians. Catherine Ashton offered “her sympathy to the French soldiers who were injured and their families as well as the people and government of France”, emphasised the spokesperson for the high representative, who also added that “this third incident within eight months highlights the increased security risk that the UNIFIL troops are facing when performing their essential peacekeeping work in the South of Lebanon”. Ashton urged the Lebanese authorities to improve security and “take all necessary action to investigate this incident, in close coordination with the United Nations”. (CG/transl.fl)