“Josep Borrell convened a meeting “to discuss the EU’s response to the latest escalation in Lebanon””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
The EU representative said that the head of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Josep Borrell, convened the meeting “to discuss the EU’s response to the latest escalation in Lebanon.”
International powers are trying to prevent the conflict between Israel and the Hezbollah group, which the US has recognized as a terrorist organization, while the EU has recognized as such only its paramilitary wing, but not the political party, from escalating into a larger conflict.
On September 27, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned at the UN that Israel’s actions against Iran-backed Hezbollah will not stop.
Netanyahu’s speech came amid diplomatic efforts by the United States, France and other Western allies to call for a 21-day ceasefire after fighting escalated this week on the Lebanese-Israeli border, where Israel is shelling what it says are pro-backed targets. Iran “Hezbollah”.