Amélia Lakrafi, MP for the 10th constituency of French citizens living abroad, which includes Lebanon. (Credit: Photo sent by her press office)
A French delegation led by Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and accompanied by Alice Rufo, minister delegate to the armed forces minister, met with Lebanese officials last weekend to discuss the impending departure of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at the end of the year. Israel continues to carry out strikes in southern Lebanon despite a fragile framework agreement between Beirut and Tel Aviv, raising fears of a security vacuum after the peacekeeping force’s departure, amid the risk of renewed hostilities.Amélia Lakrafi (La République en marche), an MP representing the 10th constituency for French citizens living abroad, which includes Lebanon, was part of Barrot’s delegation. She spoke to L’Orient-Le Jour about the French-Italian proposal, announced last June, to establish an international coalition to support...
A French delegation led by Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and accompanied by Alice Rufo, minister delegate to the armed forces minister, met with Lebanese officials last weekend to discuss the impending departure of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at the end of the year. Israel continues to carry out strikes in southern Lebanon despite a fragile framework agreement between Beirut and Tel Aviv, raising fears of a security vacuum after the peacekeeping force’s departure, amid the risk of renewed hostilities.Amélia Lakrafi (La République en marche), an MP representing the 10th constituency for French citizens living abroad, which includes Lebanon, was part of Barrot’s delegation. She spoke to L’Orient-Le Jour about the French-Italian proposal, announced last June, to establish an international coalition to...