PARIS: France is ready to facilitate ceasefire discussions between Israel and Lebanon in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a post on X on Saturday.
He said that the Lebanese leadership was open to direct discussions with Israel and called on Israel to "seize this opportunity to launch ceasefire discussions, to find a lasting solution and to allow the Lebanese authorities to put in place their engagements for Lebanon's sovereignty."
He called on Israel to stop its offensive and on Hezbollah to stop its actions.
"Everything must be done to stop Lebanon from descending into chaos," he said.
President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said he had expressed gratitude to the Iraqi prime minister to taking measures to protect French forces, after a drone strike killed a French soldier in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
“Yesterday, I spoke with the Iraqi prime minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani,” Macron said on X.
“I thank him for his commitment to getting to the bottom of this attack and to strengthening measures to protect our forces, who are present in Iraq to fight, alongside the Iraqis, against the scourge of terrorism.”
