Mikati: International contacts ongoing to stop Israeli provocations in south Lebanon

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday that there are international contacts to stop the Israeli provocations occurring in south Lebanon. 

He added that he is in communication with internal parties to stop the rocket launches from the south.

In an interview with LBCI, he indicated that there is no reassurance regarding the outbreak of war in Lebanon unless the gunfire stops in Gaza. He clarified that the current atmosphere in the region suggests concerns about the outbreak of war internally.

As for Lebanon not being invited to the Cairo summit for peace, Mikati announced that Egypt considers Lebanon a country among the confrontational ones.

He informed those concerned that Lebanon should not be absent from any conference, saying: "I conveyed this position to the Egyptian side, and the Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri called me and explained to me the details of this matter. I believe the matter is settled, and I say that there may have been some mistake in not extending the invitation to Lebanon."

He praised the awareness of internal parties in preventing Lebanon from war.