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EU will help make Lebanon force 'robust', says Solana

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana has said that he expects a quick deployment of troops to southern Lebanon and that troops from Europe will make the force "robust".

"I've been speaking to several countries during the day and night and I think we will be able to guarantee that the force, as far as the Europeans are concerned, will be robust," Mr Solana said on Sunday (13 August) while in Jerusalem.

Mr Solana, who was in Lebanon on Saturday before travelling to meet Israeli pri...

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