Lebanon requests one-year extension for UNIFIL mandate in letter to UN

The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has deposited a letter from Minister Abdallah Bou Habib to the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres with Lebanon's Permanent Mission to the UN, requesting the renewal of UNIFIL's mandate for an additional year.

The letter emphasized Lebanon's appreciation for the role played by peacekeeping forces in the south and reaffirmed its commitment to the full implementation of Resolution 1701 (2006).