2024-07-16 16:59 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in South Lebanon (UNIFIL) is to be renewed in August, on the basis that the multinational force has a crucial role in ensuring the implementation of Resolution 1701, once a long-term settlement is achieved on the border with Israel, diplomatic sources maintain. Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-27 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdallah Bou Habib, began his international tour in Brussels on Wednesday, where he met with several officials from the European Union (EU) to discuss ways to prevent a large-scale war in Lebanon and the region. Within this context, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep ...
2024-06-26 13:54 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib left Beirut on Wednesday morning on an international tour in an effort to prevent a large-scale war in Lebanon. Bou Habib is also expected to invoke the Lebanese government's policy on the issue of Syrian migrants in Lebanon in order to resolve this crisis. The Lebanese minister's tour ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-17 15:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Abdallah Bou Habib Amos Hochstein
Sky News have reported that US President's envoy Amos Hochstein will visit Beirut tomorrow on Tuesday to discuss de-escalation on the border with Israel. Hochstein is scheduled to meet with Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri at 10:45 AM. According to Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, he will also meet with Caretaker Prime Minister Najib ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-03 20:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The newly appointed UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, called on Hezbollah and Israel to “recommit to implementing Security Council resolution 1701 to ensure their enduring mutual security.” In a statement issued on Monday, after she met with caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib, she expressed ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-27 21:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib warned against "an explosion of the situation in Lebanon (due to the massive presence of Syrians in the country) which, if it occurs, will have repercussions on neighboring countries and Europe." He stressed that "maintaining the status quo on this issue poses an existential threat to ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-26 21:49 - Reading : less than a minute
On the eve of the 8th Brussels Conference on "Supporting the future of Syria and the region," Abdallah Bou Habib, the caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared that there is "no trust in the UNHCR because they are trying to outsmart us," despite the agency's critical role in supporting refugees. In an interview with MTV, Bou Habib also ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-20 13:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib met with the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ivo Freijsen, to discuss the issue of the Syrian migrant presence in Lebanon. Following the meeting, Bou Habib outlined the terms stated, highlighting his wishes for the UNHCR to stop its interference ...
Johnny Kortbawi, 2024-03-26 16:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Abdallah Bou Habib might be the victim of a series of circumstances that reduced him to puppet status at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but what is certain is that he does not even play puppet well. Bou Habib is a reactionary man, one who speaks on impulse and then goes on to retract his words. Unlike the chewing gum he spat out at the recent ...
2024-03-13 11:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon will file a complaint against Israel before the UN Security Council following the Hebrew state’s series of attacks on residential areas around the city of Baalbeck and in neighboring villages, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. “In accordance with the directives of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-12 17:57 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanese caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib met his Cypriot counterpart Constantinos Kombos today at the Foreign Ministry in downtown Beirut. According to their joint press conference, the issue of refugee’s passage to Cyprus was discussed, in addition to bilateral relations between the two countries. It was expected that the Syrian ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-01 15:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib stated that the government is consulting with Hezbollah. He indicated that "discussions are a must while no final decision has been taken yet." "The French have proposed good ideas that we are studying and we will respond to them next week," he said in an interview with Al-Jazeera. The ...