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European and Arab military leaders are convening in Paris to evaluate the requirements of the Lebanese Armed Forces and deliberate on the imminent conclusion of the United Nations' peacekeeping mission UNIFIL, due to concerns about potential escalation of Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon. The talks will be presided over by French President Emmanuel Macron, alongside Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Jordan’s King Abdullah II, with the United States represented by a high-ranking military official focusing on Middle East security affairs, according to Reuters.
These discussions follow several rounds of US-mediated talks between Lebanon and Israel, aimed at mitigating tensions along their shared border. A US-backed framework agreement was reached in June, but it failed to compel Israel to withdraw from the substantial region of southern Lebanon it occupies, and the attacks on Lebanon have persisted.
The primary focus of the Paris summit will be addressing the security gap that would arise once the approximately 7,500-strong UNIFIL mission, which has been in place for almost half a century, departs in January. While both Lebanon and France are in favor of extending the UN mandate, neither the United States nor Israel has expressed support for the mission's prolongation.
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