MIRIAM NNOLI 
Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Najib Mikati on Monday called for a ceasefire in the ongoing fight between Israel and Hezbollah during a meeting with French Foreign Minister, Jean-Noel Barrot in Beirut.
Mikati while speaking on the damage the fight has caused said, “The key to the solution is to put an end to the Israeli aggression against Lebanon and to revive the appeal launched by the United States and France in favour of a ceasefire.”
“priority is applying resolution 1701.” making reference to the United Nations Security Council, which ended the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.
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New Telegraph had earlier reported that Barrot arrived in Beirut Sunday, the first foreign diplomat to visit Lebanon since Israel escalated its strikes against Hezbollah strongholds.
The French envoy’s visit came as a deadly strike hit a building in the centre of the LebaneseIsraeli strikes have been largely concentrated on Hezbollah’s strongholds in the south and east of the country, and in south Beirut. capital.
