Italy ready to command UN force in south Lebanon
22/8/2006 10:01
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said yesterday that Italy was ready to
assume command of the UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon where a week-long
ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was fragile.
"I confirmed that Italy was available to command the UN mission" in a phone
conversation with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Prodi told reporters in the
central Italian city of Grosseto.
Xinhua News
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