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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9237

21 July 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/lebanon
EU willing to support UN international force

Brussels, 20/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - Matti Vanhanen, President of the European Council, announced on Thursday that the EU was not only in favour of deploying an international UN force in Lebanon but was also ready to support it actively. “We should support the UN force (…). The EU stands ready to help a strong international presence in Southern Lebanon approved by the UN Security Council. But all parties in the conflict must first commit to a ceasefire”, Mr Vanhanen said in a...

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