Britain’s top diplomat has said that his country is proposing a plan to de-escalate tensions on the Lebanon-Israel border, where Hezbollah and Israeli forces have been trading fire near-daily for the past four months, sparking fears of a wider war.
The plan would include Britain training Lebanese army forces to carry out more security work in the border region, he said.
Foreign Secretary David Cameron, speaking to An-Nahar newspaper during a visit Thursday to Lebanon intended to tamp down regional tensions, said that there is a good alternative to the escalation that includes implementing U.N. Resolution 1701, the withdrawal of Hezbollah to the north of the Litani River, a correct land border demarcation and training Lebanese army forces to carry out more security work in the border region.
“There is a good chance of diplomatic solutions,” he said.
Pro-Hezbollah al-Akhbar newspaper said Friday that the British plan includes the installation of surveillance towers, equipped with modern monitoring and tracking devices, on both sides of the border and under the supervision of the UNIFIL to ensure that there are no violations of Resolution 1701.
Source: Naharnet
