Israel_s Cabinet voted unanimously Sunday to withdraw troops from southern Lebanon by July, a pullback that would end an 18-year occupation.
Published:
6 March 2000 y., Monday
A Cabinet statement said the government would "act to ensure" that the pullout come within the framework of a peace deal with Syria, the main power in Lebanon. Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who has been trying to revive stalled peace talks with Syria, has said he prefers a withdrawal based on an agreement. But he has been suggesting for some time that Israel might withdraw unilaterally.
In 1985, Israel set up an occupied buffer zone in Lebanon near the northern Israeli border to protect its border towns from guerrilla attacks. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has said since he took office last May that he would withdraw, and Sunday_s unanimous Cabinet decision backed him up.
The Israeli decision came as fighting raged in southern Lebanon. Israeli warplanes blasted suspected guerrilla targets following guerrilla attacks Saturday night and Sunday morning. An Israeli soldier was wounded and two militants were reportedly killed in the fighting.
Šaltinis:
AP
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.
The most popular articles
Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian said on Wednesday that a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict requires “painful” concessions from both sides and again warned Azerbaijan against resorting to military action
more »
THE European Union said today the overthrow of Kyrgyzstan's veteran president Askar Akayev was a victory for democracy
more »
Participants in the international conference on Security in Central Asia in cooperation with the United States believe that the development of Kazakhstan's transit potential is possible only if Astana maneuvers between Moscow, Washington and Beijing
more »
Moldova Invites President of Lithuania to Attend GUUAM Summit in Chisinau
more »
Kyrgyz parliamentarians today took further steps to erase the remnants of ousted President Askar Akayev's rule as they set 26 June as the date for new presidential polls
more »
President Kocharian and other senior officials met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 24 March
more »
Kyrgyzstan's parliament has appointed an interim leader after President Askar Akayev was toppled in a rebellion
more »
Latvian President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga plans to visit both coasts of the United States during early April
more »
United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan has proposed wide-ranging reforms of the world body
more »
Tarasiuk, German Foreign Minister Fischer, And Polish Foreign Minister Rotfeld Discuss Ukraine's European Integration
more »