The European Union approved €100 million in aid to the EU-led Lebanese army to support the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.
Kallas said the EU wants to strengthen the Lebanese state and its institutions. She said that approach offers the best way to reduce the threat from Hezbollah.
“The best way to reduce the threat posed by Hezbollah is to strengthen the Lebanese state,” Kallas wrote on X.
She said the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon could help prevent a return to full-scale fighting. She also called the truce fragile.
Kallas pointed to the death of a UNIFIL peacekeeper and continued skirmishes as signs of the risk. She said those incidents showed how tenuous the agreement remained.
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The funding targets the Lebanese army as officials seek stronger state control over armed activity in Lebanon. The EU support comes as fighting and ceasefire disputes continue along the Israel-Lebanon front.
