Lebanon's PM Najib Mikati (L) speaks next to Frances President Emmanuel Macron
Mikati says Lebanon needs help to expand army and rebuild
Lebanon’s caretaker PM tells Paris summit his government has decided to recruit more troops and could deploy 8,000 soldiers as part of a plan to implement a ceasefire and UN Security Council resolution.
Thursday 24/10/2024
Lebanon's PM Najib Mikati (L) speaks next to Frances President Emmanuel Macron
PARIS - International support will be needed to shore up and expand Lebanon's army and rebuild the country's destroyed infrastructure, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati told a Paris conference convened amid Israel's assault on Hezbollah.
Mikati said the Lebanese government had decided to recruit more troops and could deploy 8,000 soldiers as part of a plan to implement a ceasefire and U.N. Security Council resolution, which calls for the army to be deployed in southern Lebanon.