Mikati-German FM meet

German Foreign Minister Baerbock arrived in the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, following a mission to Israel where she also called for restraint. Berlin has joined Western diplomatic efforts to avert a conflagration in the Middle East, sending its foreign minister to Tel Aviv and Beirut.

On her arrival in Beirut, Baerbock held talks with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib. During the talks, the German minister stressed that “all parties must cooperate to defuse the tension on the southern border and achieve a ceasefire in Gaza, which will inevitably lead to a ceasefire in the south.”