EU countries wait for UN talks before making troops pledge

EU countries will wait for the outcome of UN talks tomorrow before announcing what contributions they might make to a planned international peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, an EU diplomat said today.

EU countries wait for UN talks before making troops pledge

EU countries will wait for the outcome of UN talks tomorrow before announcing what contributions they might make to a planned international peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, an EU diplomat said today.

EU diplomats and security experts, meeting in Brussels, agreed that “speed was the essence” in implementing a UN resolution calling for the 28-year-old Unifil peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon to be expanded to 15,000 troops, the official said.

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