The UN will exert utmost efforts to secure an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon within the set deadline under the ceasefire terms, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a meeting with Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun in Beirut, Report informs via Reuters.
The ceasefire, which took effect on November 27 and was brokered by the United States and France, requires Israeli forces to withdraw from southern Lebanon within 60 days, and for Hezbollah to remove all its fighters and weapons from the south.
The UN secretary-general congratulated President Aoun on his election as head of the republic and expressed solidarity with the severely affected Lebanese people. According to him, the future government of the republic has a unique chance to strengthen state institutions and work on the country's recovery.