EU Commission chief says temporary Lebanon pause ‘not enough,’ urges permanent peace

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday that a temporary pause in hostilities in Lebanon “is not enough,” calling instead for a “permanent path to peace,” Anadolu reports. EU leaders held a press conference alongside Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides, with regional participation from Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, following the informal leaders’ meeting in Nicosia. “A key lesson of the past weeks is that security is indivisible. You cannot have stability in the Middle East or the Gulf while Lebanon is in flames. So we call for the respect of Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” von der Leyen said, stressing that regional security in the Middle East is “intrinsically linked.” “A temporary […]