France Requests UN Security Council Emergency Meeting Over Lebanon Operations
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting after Israeli forces seized Beaufort castle. He stated that Israel's deepening occupation of Lebanese territory cannot be justified.
france24.comFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council over Israel's ongoing military operation in Lebanon. Barrot made the request after Israeli forces seized the medieval Beaufort castle in Lebanon. The interview in which he announced the request aired on Sunday on the French channel BFMTV.
"I have requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council because, while we recognise Israel's right, like that of all countries, to self-defence... nothing can justify the continuation of Israeli military operations in Lebanon and its ever-deeper occupation of Lebanese territory," Barrot said.
Barrot stated that nothing can justify the prolongation of Israel's military operations in Lebanon and its increasingly deep occupation of Lebanese territory.
He arrived at a meeting with the French electrification team at the Elysee Palace in Paris on May 26, 2026, according to a Reuters photograph. The request marks France's formal move to bring the issue before the Security Council following the seizure of the historic site.
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