Govt to decide on future of Malbatt team in Lebanon after UN talks

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The government will decide on further action involving Malaysian peacekeepers in Lebanon after holding discussions with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) and the United Nations (UN).  Read more at https://shorturl.at/LcuDP  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Defense Minister Datuk Sri Mohammed Khaled Nordin said the government will decide on

00:06further action involving Malaysian peacekeepers in Lebanon after holding discussions with

00:12the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and the UN.

00:16He said the government will contact the UN to ensure that the Malaysian Battalion 85011

00:22or Malbart personnel are safe.

00:25He said Malaysia will continue to monitor the latest developments in Lebanon where the

00:29Hezbollah group is fighting against Israeli forces.

00:33He said the Malbart personnel are carrying out duties based on the protocol and regulations

00:38set by the UN Interim Force.

00:41He said Israel should not drag the Interim Force into the conflict, adding that an attack

00:46on the peacekeepers is an attack against the UN and the international community.

00:52Together with 39 other countries, Malaysia co-signed a joint statement condemning the

00:57attacks that wounded five peacekeepers in Lebanon last week.

01:01The signatory nations contributed peacekeepers to the Interim Force.

01:06On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the UN to evacuate its peacekeepers

01:12from combat areas in Lebanon immediately, saying that Israel's forces are doing everything

01:17they can to prevent any harm to the peacekeepers.

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