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| UNIFIL, IDF to improve coordination |
| 2007-02-13 |
| Less than a week after IDF troops clashed with Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) north of the Israeli community of Avivim, IDF officers met with LAF officers and newly-appointed UNIFIL commander Maj.-Gen. Claudio Graziano for the first time on Monday in an effort to increase the level of coordination and prevent clashes in the future. The meeting took place at the UN Position at the border crossing at Ras Al Naqoura, just north of Rosh Hanikra. UNIFIL submitted a report and findings of last week's incident to the LAF and the IDF and both parties agreed with UNIFIL's recommendation to improve liaison and coordination to prevent additional clashes in the future. UNIFIL has set up an office at Northern Command headquarters in Safed which is manned by two officers. Their job, IDF sources said, was to coordinate with the IDF and relay information on incidents in real-time to prevent violence and misunderstandings. The parties also discussed the continued IDF presence in the northern part of the town of Ghajar, which is split in half by the Blue Line international border between Lebanon and Israel. Graziano asked the IDF to expedite its withdrawal from the village in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 1701. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 What should be happening is a direct contact between Lebanese and IDF artilery. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-02-13 09:29 |
| #2 What SHOULD be happening is direct contacts between IDF and LAF, at first with UNIFIL present, but eventually without intermediation by UNIFIL. Thats the real way to keep peace on the border. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2007-02-13 09:25 |
| #1 IDF to expedite its withdrawal from the village in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 1701 Since the rest of the resolution has been already implemented. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-02-13 09:24 |