‘Concerned about situation along Israel-Lebabon border,’ says India’s External Affairs Ministry
Earlier on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for the restoration of peace and stability in Eurasia and West Asia.
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The Union Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said it was concerned about the deteriorating security situation along the Blue Line, which separates Lebanon from Israel and the Golan Heights.
The Blue Line is not an official international border but a 120-kilometre-long “line of withdrawal” – published by the United Nations in 2000 – that marks the extent of Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon that year.
New Delhi’s statement came after an Israeli attack on the headquarters and outposts of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon on Thursday injured two UN Peacekeepers.
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon is a peacekeeping mission established in March 1978 by the UN Security Council. India Today reported that 600 Indian soldiers are part of the mission and are stationed along the Blue Line.
“Inviolability of UN premises must be respected by all, and appropriate measures taken to ensure the safety of UN Peacekeepers and the sanctity of their mandate,” the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday. “We continue to monitor situation closely.”
Soon after the statement, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon confirmed that another two Peacekeepers were injured on Friday after explosions occurred close to an observation tower used by the agency.
“This is a serious development, and UNIFIL reiterates that the safety and security of UN personnel and property...
