Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has taken action following comments made by Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf regarding negotiations between Iran and France on a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon. Mikati instructed Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib to summon the chargé d’affaires at the Iranian embassy in Beirut to seek clarification on the matter.
Ghalibaf's remarks, made in an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro, suggested that Tehran is open to discussing a ceasefire agreement that would involve implementing a UN resolution that ended the 2006 conflict between Lebanon and Hezbollah. This resolution had led to Hezbollah's withdrawal from certain areas in southern Lebanon.
