G7 agrees on need to avoid 'security void' in Lebanon after UN force mandate ends: Paris

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G7 foreign ministers agreed that a security gap should be avoided in Lebanon after the mandate of UN peacekeepers there expires at year-end. They also backed moving quickly toward a new security architecture, according to French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot.

G7 foreign ministers agreed on "the need to avoid a security void" in Lebanon after UN peacekeepers pull out, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday after a meeting of the group in Paris. They also backed "the need to move quickly toward a new security architecture" after the mandate of United Nations peacekeeping forces in Israel's neighbour expires at the end of the year, he said.