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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, ARMENPRESS. Lebanon’s prime minister said Tuesday his country is ready to bolster the army’s presence in the south after any ceasefire.
“Currently we have 4,500 soldiers in south Lebanon, and we wish to increase them to between 7,000 and 11,000,” Najib Mikati told AFP in an interview.
As soon as a ceasefire is reached, “we can move soldiers” from other parts of the country to the south, he said.
Mikati also said security had been tightened at the country’s only airport in Beirut, to remove any pretexts for an Israeli attack.
“The government is doing everything in its power to remove any pretexts from the Israelis’ hands,” he said.