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In the context of recent events along the Blue Line, Major General Lázaro urged the parties to continue to coordinate activities near the line with UNIFIL in advance, and avoid actions that could escalate the situation and increase tension.

‘Activities such as weapons pointing, firing of live ammunition, laser pointing, and stone throwing have all continued despite my repeated requests for action,’ he noted. ‘Each occasion has the potential for serious escalation. Both parties have the responsibility to take preventive action to avoid a breach in the cessation of hostilities.’

He encouraged the parties to make use of UNIFIL’s resources when necessary, to help avoid tensions like those seen recently.

‘Lack of clarity of the Blue Line between markers contributed to tension,’ the UNIFIL head noted. ‘The Blue Line marking project, which started in 2007, provides a guide in approximating the Blue Line trajectory. Clarity on the precise trajectory of the Blue Line is determined through the deployment of UNIFIL assets.’

During the meeting, discussions also focused on the recent UN Secretary-General’s report, air and ground violations, and other issues within the scope of UNIFIL’s mandate under UN Security Council Resolution 1701 (2006) and subsequent resolutions.

Since the end of the 2006 war in south Lebanon, regular Tripartite meetings have been held under UNIFIL’s auspices as an essential conflict-management and confidence-building mechanism. Today’s was the 159th such meeting. Through its liaison and coordination mechanisms, UNIFIL remains the only forum through which Lebanese and Israeli armies officially meet.

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Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, met, at his ministry office on Wednesday, with a delegation of Caritas Lebanon comprising Head of Communication and Media Mazen Mousawer, Head of the Press Office Maguy Maalouf, and Media Consultant Joseph Mahfoud.

The visit comes within the framework of the preparation to launch Caritas’s annual fasting campaign.

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Talks reportedly touched on the latest developments in Lebanon and the broader region, in addition to the bilateral relations between the two countries.

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Talks touched on the means to bolster the organization’s activities in Lebanon.

Bou Habib later met with the President of the World Lebanese Cultural Union, Abbas Fawaz, who invited his host for participating in Gibran Khalil Gibran’s Week. The event is organized by the WLCU and will be held in New York in April.

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Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Dr. Abdallah Bou Habib, met on Tuesday with French Ambassador to Lebanon, Anne Grillo.

Discussions reportedly touched on local and regional affairs.

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“We are preparing the education file relating to the public schools’ strike and the Lebanese University ahead of holding a third cabinet meeting this week of at the beginning of next week,” said Mikati.

“The session will also touch on an array of urgent affairs which cannot be settled outside the Council of Ministers,” he added.

“During the last two sessions, we put the solutions to the healthcare and electricity sectors on track, despite all the irrational objections we heard,” he continued.

“We are working according to the constitution, pending the election of a new president for the country,” he said.

Mikati made these remarks at the launching ceremony of the national strategy for the healthcare sector, at the Grand Serail.

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“The Foreign Ministry offers heartfelt condolences for the friendly government of Pakistan and the families of victims, and wishes speedy recovery of the wounded. It also stresses its full solidarity with Pakistan in these painful circumstances,” read the statement.

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The meeting included discussions about possible cooperation and coordination between the Ministry of Economy and Trade and the German GIZ, which is a company implementing development projects to support Lebanon on behalf of the German Government.

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