Crosetto, ‘Ensures that Unifil personnel is not going to be touched’

(ANSA) – ROME, JULY 29 – “There are considerations about an evolution of the battle additionally within the North, although now we have had assurances from either side that the UNIFIL contingents shouldn’t be touched however, as we all know, there are unpredictable issues and we should additionally foresee this stuff”. This was said by the Minister of Protection, Guido Crosetto, interviewed by Tg1 on the Hezbollah-Israel conflict. The minister requested for a change within the guidelines of the mission. “I appealed to the UN – he defined – as a result of the scenario that’s now unacceptable for Israel was a scenario that we had been there to resolve. We needed to implement UN decision 1701 and subsequently assure a security zone between Lebanon and Israel. In recent times now we have not been in a position to assure it, certainly Hezbollah has strengthened and Israel considers this presence as an Iranian presence that may be very harmful for its residents and subsequently this decision have to be carried out and the worldwide group should implement it if we need to keep away from a brand new struggle entrance”. (ANSA).