UNIFIL for Arms in Beirut

Lebanon is awaiting next week’s visit by Michael Waltz, the U.S. representative to the United Nations, to learn what he will propose as a successor to the UNIFIL force, whose mission ends on December 31. The United States and France are discussing an arrangement that could extend the mission of part of the force in exchange for Lebanese steps concerning Hezbollah’s weapons. France has also consulted with political groups involved in the south. Political sources have voiced concern that a framework agreement could be referred to the Security Council to replace Resolution 1701—potentially linking the withdrawal of weapons to the presence of the occupation and establishing a committee to oversee the Lebanese army’s work.

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