Italy’s PM Meloni calls for strengthening of UNIFIL

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati receives Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, upon her arrival at the government palace, in Beirut, on Oct. 18, 2024. (AP)

“Only by strengthening UNIFIL while maintaining its impartiality, we will be able to turn the page,” Meloni said

BEIRUT: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called on Friday for the strengthening of the UN peacekeeping mission to Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, during a visit in Beirut.
“Only by strengthening UNIFIL while maintaining its impartiality, we will be able to turn the page,” Meloni said during a joint news conference with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
“I repeat that I consider targeting UNIFIL is unacceptable,” Meloni added, in reference to recent Israeli attacks involving the mission’s troops.