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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9244

2 August 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/lebanon
EU calls for “immediate cessation of hostilities” between Israel and Hezbollah and for political agreement prior to deployment of international force in South Lebanon

Brussels, 01/08/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 1st July, the EU called for “an immediate cessation of hostilities” to be followed by “a sustainable cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah. Meeting in extraordinary session of the External Relations and General Affairs Council in Brussels, EU foreign ministers made the deployment of an international force in South Lebanon conditional on a political settlement between the two parties. This force would be under the aegis of the UN,...