Security Council Receives Prisoner Swap Letters
The U.N. Security Council has received copies of letters exchanged between Israel and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the one hand and Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and the United Nations on the other.
As Safir daily said Tuesday that the move was part of last week”s prisoner swap between Israel and Hizbullah. The Jewish state on Wednesday released five Lebanese prisoners and the remains of 199 fighters in exchange for the bodies of two soldiers kidnapped by the Shiite group in 2006.
An official from Ban”s office told As Safir that the copies of letters will be attached to the U.N. chief”s latest report on the implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 which ended the Israel-Hizbullah war in 2006.
The source said that details will be made public once all 15 Security Council members receive them.