Published on Monday25thNovember2013
Shatter meets with Lebanese Minister of Defence on visit to the Middle East
Minister Shatter and Lebanese Minister for Defence Mr Fayez Ghosen
Defence Minister Alan Shatter today met with Lebanese Minister for Defence Mr Fayez Ghosen in the Lebanese Ministry of Defence in Beirut, on the first day of Minister Shatter's official visit to the Middle East. This is the second time that the two Ministers met as Minister Shatter’s trip to the Middle East in March of this year provided the opportunity for their first meeting. At the outset Minister Shatter offered his condolences to the people of Lebanon for the loss of life suffered in the terrorist bomb attack in Beirut on the 19th of November.
The Ministers discussed the important role of UNIFIL in South Lebanon and its contribution to the cause of maintaining peace, security and stability in the region.
The discussions also focused on the appalling toll of the crisis in Syria in which 120,000 people have lost their lives and some 7 million people have been displaced.
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