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PUTRAJAYA, Aug 17 (Bernama) -- Malaysia will send a peacekeeping force to Southern Lebanon under the United Nations' (UN) auspices despite opposition from the Israeli regime, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Thursday.
The Deputy Prime Minister said the presence of Malaysian peacekeepers was most welcome by Lebanon.
Speaking to reporters after chairing the Cabinet Committee on Tourism here, he said he could not understand why the presence of Malaysian peacekeepers there was being objected to merely for the technical reason that Malaysia had no diplomatic ties with the Israeli regime.
Najib, who is also the Defence Minister, said this when asked to comment on the objection as reported in the press today.
Malaysia, he said, had an excellent record in terms of providing service by its peacekeeping force.
In fact in Bosnia, the Malaysian peacekeeping force had served outstandingly.
Asked whether Malaysia's stand on the Israeli regime could influence the quality of service rendered by the Malaysian peacekeepers in Lebanon later, Najib said the country's peacekeeping force had always served in a professional manner.
He said the UN had not informed Malaysia when it could send its peacekeeping force to Lebanon.
The UN had also not informed Malaysia about the objection by the Israeli regime against the presence of Malaysian peacekeepers there.
The Israeli regime was reported to have objected against the participation of Malaysian troops in the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon on grounds that Kuala Lumpur had no diplomatic relations with Tel Aviv.
The Israeli objection could pose difficulty to UN efforts to send peacekeeping forces to Southern Lebanon to oversee the implementation of the ceasefire between the Israeli regime and Hezbollah beginning Monday.
Besides Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei are among the Muslim countries that have offered to send up to 1,000 troops for the peacekeeping force. France too had made a similar offer.
In BEIRUT, Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said it was the UN and not the Israeli regime that had the final say in selecting the peacekeepers to monitor the situation in Lebanon.
He was commenting on a Reuters report Wednesday stating that Israel wanted only countries that had diplomatic relations with her to participate in UNIFIL while those without diplomatic ties like Malaysia would not be acceptable.
The UN Security Council had unanimously accepted a resolution calling for the ceasefire on Friday.
The resolution enables the UN to send up to 13,000 troops to beef up the present strength of 2,000 troops in the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
-- BERNAMA
why isreali object? what do you think? :rollseyes
The Deputy Prime Minister said the presence of Malaysian peacekeepers was most welcome by Lebanon.
Speaking to reporters after chairing the Cabinet Committee on Tourism here, he said he could not understand why the presence of Malaysian peacekeepers there was being objected to merely for the technical reason that Malaysia had no diplomatic ties with the Israeli regime.
Najib, who is also the Defence Minister, said this when asked to comment on the objection as reported in the press today.
Malaysia, he said, had an excellent record in terms of providing service by its peacekeeping force.
In fact in Bosnia, the Malaysian peacekeeping force had served outstandingly.
Asked whether Malaysia's stand on the Israeli regime could influence the quality of service rendered by the Malaysian peacekeepers in Lebanon later, Najib said the country's peacekeeping force had always served in a professional manner.
He said the UN had not informed Malaysia when it could send its peacekeeping force to Lebanon.
The UN had also not informed Malaysia about the objection by the Israeli regime against the presence of Malaysian peacekeepers there.
The Israeli regime was reported to have objected against the participation of Malaysian troops in the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon on grounds that Kuala Lumpur had no diplomatic relations with Tel Aviv.
The Israeli objection could pose difficulty to UN efforts to send peacekeeping forces to Southern Lebanon to oversee the implementation of the ceasefire between the Israeli regime and Hezbollah beginning Monday.
Besides Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei are among the Muslim countries that have offered to send up to 1,000 troops for the peacekeeping force. France too had made a similar offer.
In BEIRUT, Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said it was the UN and not the Israeli regime that had the final say in selecting the peacekeepers to monitor the situation in Lebanon.
He was commenting on a Reuters report Wednesday stating that Israel wanted only countries that had diplomatic relations with her to participate in UNIFIL while those without diplomatic ties like Malaysia would not be acceptable.
The UN Security Council had unanimously accepted a resolution calling for the ceasefire on Friday.
The resolution enables the UN to send up to 13,000 troops to beef up the present strength of 2,000 troops in the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
-- BERNAMA
why isreali object? what do you think? :rollseyes
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