Reluctant Europeans ponder role in Lebanon
Amid a shortage of volunteers, European Union officials met in Brussels on Wednesday to hammer out details of a peacekeeping contingent for southern Lebanon. The gathering of senior foreign and defence ministry officials from the 25 EU nations is trying to determine which countries are willing to contribute troops — and in what numbers — to a proposed 15,000-strong United Nations peacekeeping force.
It comes in advance of a meeting scheduled for Friday in which UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is expected to press EU foreign ministers for help in enforcing the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
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