He added Borel To journalists at a joint press conference with the Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib In Beirut, “since I last visited Lebanon in January,” the drums of war have not stopped beating.
He added, “Since then, the concerns I have expressed have increased, the escalation has increased, and the fears of the war spreading have increased.” Gaza “Fears of more widespread human suffering are growing.”
Borrell said that according to the United Nations, more than 4,000 residential buildings have been completely destroyed in Lebanon More than 110,000 Lebanese were forced to flee their homes on the border, adding that the same thing happened on the Israeli side of the border.
The European official said that his message is that European Union “He stands with the Lebanese people to help them overcome threats and challenges as much as possible.”
“We need to defuse military tensions and I take this opportunity to urge all parties to pursue this path,” Borrell said.
He added that “the full and equal implementation of the resolution Security Council The peace deal that ended a summer war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006 should pave the way for a comprehensive settlement that includes demarcating the land border, allowing the return of people, and rebuilding the damaged border area.”
Borrell stressed that “the European Union is doing a lot, but we do not have a magic wand.”
