BEIRUT:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Beirut next month,
according to the National News Agency.
He
announced his planned visit to Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour while in Doha
Sunday on the sidelines of the Fourth Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations,
the focus of which was Friday’s bomb targeting the French patrol of UNIFIL.
Mansour
said he repeatedly told the secretary-general that Lebanon is committed to the
protection of the troops in the south, and they would work to strengthen their
security.
Ban
meanwhile praised Lebanon for the decision to fund the Special Tribunal for
Lebanon, saying it “reflects Lebanon’s commitment to international
resolutions.”
The U.N. secretary-general
plans on visiting Lebanon on Jan. 13 and 14, where he will meet with various
officials, including those in UNIFIL.
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