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Several member states are concerned that the mandate is not clear enough (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

Pressure mounts on EU to make firm Lebanon commitments

A hastily-convened meeting of top level EU ambassadors produced little by way of progress on European contributions to a Lebanon force on Wednesday (23 August).

The two main issues of the meeting – establishing what the rules of engagement should be and how many soldiers each participating country would send – have largely remained unanswered.

It will now be up to EU foreign ministers meeting for an emergency session on Friday in the presence of UN secretary general Kofi Annan to ...

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Several member states are concerned that the mandate is not clear enough (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

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