France pushes for urgent UNSC session over attacks on UN peacekeepers

France on Monday local time called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council following a series of deadly incidents involving UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon which resulted in the death and injuries of several of its personnelIn a statement on X French Foreign Minister JeanNoel Barrot said he had requested the urgent convening of the UNSC after what he described as extremely serious incidents affecting personnel of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon UNIFILIn his post Barrot strongly condemned the attack on Sunday that killed an Indonesian UNIFIL peacekeeper and injured three others as well as an explosion on Monday that resulted in the deaths of two more Indonesian peacekeepers and left two additional soldiers woundedSuch attacks near Blue Helmet positions are unacceptable and unjustifiable Barrot said extending condolences to the families of the victims and expressing solidarity with IndonesiaHe also wished a swift recovery to those injured and called for a full investigation into the incidentsFrance expresses its most sincere condolences to the families of the killed peacekeepers and its solidarity with Indonesia and wishes a prompt recovery to the injured personnel It calls for full light to be shed on the circumstances of these tragedies the post addedFrance further condemned separate incidents involving its own UNIFIL contingent in the Naqoura area describing them as serious violations Barrot said the actions including intimidation by soldiers of the Israel Defence Forces were unacceptable and unjustifiable particularly as deconfliction procedures had been followedHe added that France had conveyed its strong objections to the Israeli Ambassador in ParisThe developments come after the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon UNIFIL reported that a peacekeeper was killed and another critically injured after a projectile struck a UN position near Adchit Al Qusayr in Southern Lebanon on SundayUNIFIL in its statement said the origin of the projectile remains unknown and that an investigation has been launched and extended condolences to the family of the deceased peacekeeper and expressed hope for the recovery of the injured personnelToo many lives have been lost on both sides of the Blue Line in this conflict There is no military solution The violence must end the statement readThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever