Shipments of weapons used within the Gaza battle must be stopped as a part of a broader effort to discover a political resolution, French President Emmanuel Macron stated on Saturday.
France just isn’t a significant arms provider to Israel and despatched army tools value 30 million euros ($33 million) final yr, in response to the Protection Ministry’s annual arms exports report.
“I feel the precedence in the present day is to return to a political resolution (and) to cease the weapons used to battle in Gaza. France just isn’t sending any,” Macron informed France Inter radio.
“Our precedence now’s to keep away from escalation. The Lebanese individuals should not be sacrificed, Lebanon can not develop into one other Gaza,” he added.
Macron’s feedback come as his International Minister Jean-Noel Barrot is on a four-day journey to the Center East, concluding on Monday in Israel, as Paris seeks to play a task in reviving diplomatic efforts. .