Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot on Wednesday called for the ceasefire recently brokered between the US and Iran to be expanded to include Lebanon, as deadly Israeli strikes continued in the Lebanese capital, Anadolu reports. Prevot said on social media platform X that he was visiting Beirut to reaffirm Belgium’s support for Lebanese authorities, condemning a massive Israeli strike that hit just hundreds of meters from the Belgian embassy. “We were at the embassy with my delegation, just a few hundred metres from where the missiles struck. This must stop. The ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran must include Lebanon!” he said. Prevot also welcomed an offer by Lebanese President Michel Aoun to open official negotiations with Israel toward a […]
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