ici, 2023-12-28 18:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Catherine Colonna David Cameron
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged London and Paris on Thursday to exert maximum pressure on Israel to prevent an escalation in southern Lebanon and the widening of the armed conflict in Gaza. He had two discussions on the subject with the British and French Foreign Ministers, David Cameron and Catherine Colonna. During a visit to ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-18 16:14 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Anne Grillo BEIRUT Catherine Colonna Gaza
France's Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna on Monday urged restraint, in meetings with senior officials in Beirut, seeking to de-escalate tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border amid near-daily exchanges of fire. Colonna met with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and parliament speaker Nabih Berri, calling for responsibility and restraint a ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-17 22:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Catherine Colonna Gaza Gaza Tunnels Hamas
The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 72nd day on Friday, following the unprecedented and bloody attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7 on Israeli soil from the Gaza Strip, which triggered the conflict. According to Israel, about 1,140 people, mostly civilians, were killed in this attack, and around 250 were abducted and ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-17 14:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bab el-Mandeb Catherine Colonna CONFLICT diplomacy France Hamas
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna called for an “immediate and durable” truce in the Gaza war during her visit to Israel on Sunday, December 17, with her counterpart Eli Cohen, who acknowledged that France could play a positive role in preventing a war with Lebanon. French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna pressed for an “immediate ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-14 16:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Catherine Colonna Jake Sullivan
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna will meet White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan who will be in Israel this weekend. Before going to Israel, Colonna will be in Lebanon on Saturday to visit French forces operating within UNIFIL, in order to examine the situation in the south of the country and to discuss the US-French ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-14 14:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Catherine Colonna Emmanuel Macron France
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna is expected to arrive in Beirut on Saturday. According to a diplomatic source, she will visit the French contingent of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in South Lebanon. According to the same source, she will also hold talks with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Speaker ...