The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Penny Wong, Australia\u2019s Minister for Foreign Affairs; Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen, Denmark\u2019s Minister for Foreign Affairs; Margus Tsahkna, Estonia\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs; Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Elina Valtonen, Finland\u2019s Minister for Foreign Affairs; Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot, France\u2019s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs; \u00deorger\u00f0ur Katr\u00edn Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir, Iceland\u2019s Minister for Foreign Affairs; Baiba Bra\u017ee, Latvia\u2019s Minister for Foreign Affairs; K\u0119stutis Budrys, Lithuania\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs; Espen Barth Eide, Norway\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Maria Malmer Stenergard, Sweden\u2019s Minister for Foreign Affairs; today issued the following statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe express our profound concern over the continued escalation of hostilities in Lebanon and welcome ongoing efforts to implement the ceasefire. The people of Lebanon have already endured immense hardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe call on all parties to exercise maximum restraint, adhere fully to the ceasefire, refrain from actions that could lead to further escalation and ensure the protection of civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe support the efforts of the Lebanese government to extend its authority throughout the country in line with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, including through the strengthening of Lebanese state institutions and security forces and the disarmament of Hezbollah. Hezbollah must cease its attacks on Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll parties must respect international law, including international humanitarian law. In this regard, we call on Israel to respect Lebanon\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity and to stop its military escalation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe further encourage continued engagement with ongoing diplomatic efforts, including those led by the United States and international partners, aimed at securing a negotiated path toward long-term stability and security for both Lebanon and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe people of Lebanon and Israel have the right to live in peace, security and dignity, free from the threat of renewed conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Penny Wong, Australia\u2019s Minister for Foreign Affairs; Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen, Denmark\u2019s Minister for Foreign Affairs; Margus Tsahkna, Estonia\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs; Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Elina Valtonen, Finland\u2019s Minister for Foreign Affairs; Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot, France\u2019s Minister … Continue reading “Joint statement on situation between Hezbollah and Israel”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39361,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39360\/revisions\/39361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}