US military delegation inspects UNIFIL HQ ahead of Friday meeting

A U.S. military delegation inspected UNIFIL’s headquarters in Naqoura yesterday and met with the UNIFIL commander, al-Jadeed television reported on Tuesday.

“The head of the French military delegation will arrive in Lebanon tomorrow and the five-party security committee is supposed to hold its first meeting on Friday,” al-Jadeed added.

The five-party ceasefire monitoring mechanism consists of the U.S., France, Lebanon, Israel and UNIFIL.

UNIFIL meanwhile said in a post on the X platform that it stands “ready to support any agreement and mechanism that will end the violence across the Blue Line.”

“We will continue to monitor and report on violations of resolution 1701, and urge all actors to abide by the resolution in both letter and spirit,” it added.

UNIFIL chief Major General Aroldo Lázaro for his part said he was pleased to meet U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Lisa Johnson and Major General Jasper Jeffers, chair of the mechanism to support the cessation of hostilities.

“We discussed efforts to help restore stability and peacekeepers' support for the mechanism’s work,” he added.