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Jerusalem (AP) — The Israeli Caretaker Prime Minister visited Paris on Tuesday to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. He was his first trip abroad since taking office last week.
Rapid stated that one of the main purposes of the talks with Macron was to convey Israel's position on Iran's nuclear agreement, which is currently being negotiated between world powers and Iran. .. France is one of the parties to those negotiations.
"It is important to hear our opinion on this dangerous deal at this time, against Iran's organization and nuclearization on this issue," Rapid said on the tarmac before takeoff. I told reporters.
After Congress resolved to dissolve last week, Rapid became Prime Minister of Israel and ran for the fifth election in less than four years. Rapid was previously the Foreign Minister of a coalition government formed last year that expelled long-time leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
He was one of the architects of the historic alliance of eight diverse factions who led the Yesh Atid Party and united against Netanyahu, the first coalition government, including the Arab Party. did.
He also shot down three unmanned aerial vehicles launched by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah heading to the area where Israel recently installed an offshore gas platform, a few days after Israel said. He said he would discuss issues with the neighboring Lebanon. Hezbollah has confirmed that he will send an unarmed drone on a reconnaissance mission.
Israel and Lebanon do not have formal diplomatic relations, but engage in indirect US-mediated negotiations to draw maritime boundaries. France is a major supporter of the former French protectorate of Lebanon, and Macron failed to mediate the solution to Lebanon's political crisis.
"Israel will not agree with this kind of attack on its sovereignty, and anyone who does this needs to know that they are taking unnecessary risks to their well-being. "Rapid said. "The Lebanese government needs to curb Hezbollah for these attacks, otherwise it will be forced to do so."
