A delegation of the UN Security Council and US envoy Morgan Ortagus met with President Joseph Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.
Aoun said after the meeting, in a statement on the X platform, that the delegation expressed its support for stability in Lebanon through the implementation of international resolutions, and the willingness to help in supporting the Lebanese Army, completing its deployment, and implementing the state's monopoly on arms.
Aoun had said Thursday that he would urge the delegation to help talks with Israel succeed after Lebanese and Israeli civilian representatives held their first direct talks in decades on Wednesday under the auspices of a year-old ceasefire monitoring mechanism.
The delegation welcomed Lebanon's decision to add a Lebanese civilian to the ceasefire monitoring mechanism, while Aoun reaffirmed Lebanon's commitment to implementing international resolutions and urged the delegation to pressure Israel to commit as well, halt its attacks and withdraw from occupied territories in south Lebanon.
The delegation will also meet Friday Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi and Army chief Rodolphe Haykal, and will head to southern Lebanon Saturday to check "the situation on the ground and see the real picture of what is happening there".
Slovenian UN ambassador Samuel Zbogar told a press conference on Monday that "the visit to Lebanon is the first official visit of the Security Council to the Middle East in six years" and that the trip comes "at a crucial time for the region", noting that the ceasefire is being daily "challenged".
The visit is important in "expressing support and solidarity" with Lebanon, he added.
Aoun said after the meeting, in a statement on the X platform, that the delegation expressed its support for stability in Lebanon through the implementation of international resolutions, and the willingness to help in supporting the Lebanese Army, completing its deployment, and implementing the state's monopoly on arms.
Aoun had said Thursday that he would urge the delegation to help talks with Israel succeed after Lebanese and Israeli civilian representatives held their first direct talks in decades on Wednesday under the auspices of a year-old ceasefire monitoring mechanism.
The delegation welcomed Lebanon's decision to add a Lebanese civilian to the ceasefire monitoring mechanism, while Aoun reaffirmed Lebanon's commitment to implementing international resolutions and urged the delegation to pressure Israel to commit as well, halt its attacks and withdraw from occupied territories in south Lebanon.
The delegation will also meet Friday Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi and Army chief Rodolphe Haykal, and will head to southern Lebanon Saturday to check "the situation on the ground and see the real picture of what is happening there".
Slovenian UN ambassador Samuel Zbogar told a press conference on Monday that "the visit to Lebanon is the first official visit of the Security Council to the Middle East in six years" and that the trip comes "at a crucial time for the region", noting that the ceasefire is being daily "challenged".
The visit is important in "expressing support and solidarity" with Lebanon, he added.
