EU considers deployment of peacekeepers to Lebanon
17/07/2006 - 09:05:06The European Union today said it was weighing the deployment of a peacekeeping force to Lebanon to help end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.
“It could be that the European Union – or the United Nations – might have a peacekeeping role,” said Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomoija, whose country now holds the EU presidency.
He echoed comments by British Prime Minister Tony Blair who earlier in the day said the “only way” to stop the fighting was to deploy peacekeepers in southern Lebanon to stop Hezbollah fighters from firing rockets into Israel.
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