The Secretary-General of the Cooperation Council for Arab States of the Gulf, Jassem Al-Budaiwi, expressed on Thursday “deep alarm at the military escalation in Southern Lebanon.”
In a statement, Al-Budaiwi called on the stakeholders “to practice maximum restraint to spare the region and its peoples the dangers of war and its repercussions.”
He condemned the Israeli declaration of a plan to wage an offensive on Lebanon, emphasizing the need to implement UN Resolution 1701 that calls for the cessation of all military operations in Lebanon.
Al-Budaiwi asserted the GCC’s unwavering stand toward Lebanon, in line with the resolutions of the GCC Supreme Council at its 44th session (December 2023), affirming the GCC stance on the Lebanese people’s side and its continuing support for Lebanon’s sovereignty, security, stability and territorial sanctity.
