EU foreign ministers will hold emergency talks on Lebanon on Friday (25 August) with UN secretary general Kofi Annan also attending the meeting just before he is to announce who should lead the international force to be sent to the region.
"The purpose of the meeting is to focus on EU member states' contributions to UNIFIL and the conditions needed to make the operation a success," the Finnish presidency of the EU stated.
The extraordinary ministerial gathering will follow today'...
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