Published September 22,2024
Subscribe
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has stated an “immediate ceasefire” is required between Israel and Hezbollah following a “worrying escalation.”
Lammy stated the continuing hostilities are in “nobody’s interest” as he additionally suggested British nationals in Lebanon to “leave now.”
Hezbollah’s deputy chief Naim Kassem, talking on Sunday, stated his group is now in an open-ended battle of reckoning with Israel.
His feedback got here after a wave of explosions hit pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah members, killing a minimum of 37 folks – together with two kids – and wounding about 3,000.
The assaults are broadly believed to have been carried out by Israel, though Israeli president Isaac Herzog stated he “rejects out of hand any connection” to the operation in opposition to Hezbollah.
Lammy, talking on the Labour Party convention in Liverpool, spoke of the brand new authorities’s response to the Israel-Gaza battle earlier than turning to Lebanon.
He stated: “We have never lost sight of the end goal: an irreversible pathway towards a two-state solution.
“I consider in the best of Israel to be protected and safe. I additionally consider within the justness of the Palestinian trigger.
“It is only once Palestinians and Israelis have the same fundamental rights – sovereignty, security and dignity in their own independent, recognised states – that we can achieve a just and lasting peace for all.
“In latest days, now we have seen worrying escalation between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah. This is in no one’s curiosity.
“Our message to all parties is clear: we need an immediate ceasefire from both sides so that we can get to a political settlement.
“So that Israelis and Lebanese civilians can return to their houses and reside in peace and safety.
“And to British nationals still in Lebanon, let me be very clear: for your own safety, leave now.”
Lammy used his convention speech to repeatedly say “Britain is back” on the world stage following Labour’s normal election victory.
He earlier stated: “We understand Britain needs to work with its neighbours to flourish. We know that Britain’s strength is founded on its alliances.
“That is why we’re resetting our relationship with Europe.”
Lammy added: “We will cut back commerce limitations to assist increase business, jobs and financial progress.
“And we will seek a broad, ambitious new UK-EU security pact to strengthen co-operation on the shared threats we face enshrining a new geopolitical partnership because Britain is back, a leading nation in Europe once again.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr