United Nations Deputy Secretary-General: UNIFIL forces will continue to be stationed on the "Blue Line" border

On October 15, local time, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Affairs Lacroix briefed the Security Council on the current situation faced by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on the border between Lebanon and Israel on the “Blue Line”. At a subsequent press conference, he said that, despite the Israel Defense Forces’ request for UNIFIL to withdraw, UNIFIL had decided that the peacekeepers would continue to maintain their current positions. Lacroix said UNIFIL maintained uninterrupted contact with both the Israel Defense Forces and the Lebanon military; He will meet with Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, in New York on 15 October.