Italian PM visits Lebanon after UNIFIL incidents
The Peninsula
Beirut, Lebanon: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Lebanon on Friday, her office said, the first head of state or government to visit sinc...
Beirut, Lebanon: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Lebanon on Friday, her office said, the first head of state or government to visit since an escalation between Israel and Lebanon last month.
The premier was welcomed at Beirut international airport by Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, with whom she was due to hold talks before making a joint statement to the press.
Italy has around 1,000 troops as part of the UN's peacekeeping force in Lebanon which has come under repeated Israeli fire in the in recent days.
Five peacekeepers were injured in a series of incidents last week, with the latest seeing the UN force accuse Israeli troops of breaking through a gate and entering one of their positions.
Meloni has condemned the incidents as "unacceptable".