PARIS, April 1 (Reuters) – French peacekeeping troops serving in Lebanon were subjected to ‘absolutely unacceptable intimidation’, said France’s junior army minister on Wednesday.
Indonesia has called on the United Nations to conduct an investigation into the deaths of three of its UNIFIL peacekeepers following Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon.
“We expressed our solidarity with the Indonesians. I want to send out a message of solidarity to our soldiers, who have been the subject of completely unacceptable intimidation,” Alice Rufo said at the War & Peace conference in Paris, a day after returning from Lebanon.
Diplomats said three incidents took place on March 28 between French forces and Israel’s military.
(Reporting by John Irish;Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
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