BEIRUT: Prime Minister Tammam Salam Tuesday offered his condolences to Spanish King Felipe VI over the death of a Spanish U.N. peacekeeper killed by Israeli shelling in Lebanon in January.
Salam’s condolences were offered during a meeting with the Spanish king in the Grand Serail two days after a confidential Spanish military report on the death of the Spanish U.N. peacekeeper said that his position was deliberately targeted by Israeli forces.
The premier voiced his gratitude for Spanish participation in UNIFIL’s peacekeeping mission along Lebanon’s southern border with Israel.
The 10,000-strong UNIFIL force includes some 600 Spanish soldiers and troops from 35 other nations.
Salam lauded efforts undertaken by Spanish peacekeepers who he said “have succeeded in forging the best of ties with south Lebanon residents.”
A statement released by the premier's media office said that talks focused on “general issues of interest to the Lebanese government and the Spanish Kingdom,” as well as bilateral relationship between the two states.
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