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UNIFIL chief says South Lebanon people's safety top priority

Xinhua, August 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

The head of mission and force commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said "the safety of the people of South Lebanon is at the heart of our operations," a statement by the UNIFIL said on Friday.

Major-General Michael Beary met with Lebanon's Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday, when he briefed the Lebanese official on the UNIFIL's efforts together with the Lebanese army to maintain security in the south, the statement said.

This was Beary's first meeting with the Speaker after he assumed command of the UNIFIL in July.

"I told the Speaker that one of my central priorities is to reach out to the people of the south whose safety is at the heart of our operations," Beary said following the meeting.

"I assured the Speaker of my firm commitment to our mandated tasks under Resolution 1701," he said, referring to a UN Security Council resolution aimed at solving the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. Endit