By Maya Gebeily
NEAR MANSOURI, Lebanon, Sept 19 (Reuters) – The head of United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon said on Saturday it was critical to ensure otherUN agencies and Lebanese troops could assume the tasks carried out by the force before it begins withdrawing at the end of this year.
Major General Diodato Abagnara of Italy spoke to Reuters in southern Lebanon at a position operated by the UN peacekeeping force known as UNIFIL, which has been monitoring hostilities in southern Lebanon for nearly 50 years.
