We Are Looking Forward to Work With New Cabinet in Monitoring Border
United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams said the international community and donor nations are looking forward to working with Lebanon”s new cabinet when its formed in widening the monitoring over its eastern border.
Williams said: "Last January the Lebanese cabinet announced a plan for widening its control over the eastern border. We at the U.N. held a number of meetings and work-shops in this regard in which we gathered the Lebanese side with donor nations in Beirut for this discussion."
"There is a strong and mutual desire with the Lebanese side for continuing this work with the new Lebanese government once it is formed. We at the U.N. and the donor states are looking forward to work closely with the new cabinet," Williams said.
The U.N. official held a wide meeting on Friday with Prime Minister Fouad Saniora on this issue. He later told reporters "what has been achieved so far in terms of managing and monitoring the Lebanese border according to UNSCR 1701 is good in particular regarding the northern border."
Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh, Finance Minister Muhammed Shatah, Lebanese security officials and the ambassadors of the United States, United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany, attended the meeting.