China's Embassy in Lebanon Warned Chinese Citizens Not to Travel to Country

A Lebanese flag flutters, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, Lebanon September 26, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
A Lebanese flag flutters, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, Lebanon September 26, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
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China's Embassy in Lebanon Warned Chinese Citizens Not to Travel to Country

A Lebanese flag flutters, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, Lebanon September 26, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
A Lebanese flag flutters, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, Lebanon September 26, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

The Chinese embassy in Lebanon warned Chinese citizens not to travel to the country, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday.
The embassy activated an emergency response plan, issued multiple security alerts and told citizens to take commercial flights to return to China, the spokesperson said at a regular press briefing.
Israel widened its airstrikes in Lebanon as tensions escalate in the Middle East.



UK's Starmer Discussed Importance of a Ceasefire With Lebanon's PM

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer smiles on stage on the second day of the annual Labor Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer smiles on stage on the second day of the annual Labor Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
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UK's Starmer Discussed Importance of a Ceasefire With Lebanon's PM

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer smiles on stage on the second day of the annual Labor Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer smiles on stage on the second day of the annual Labor Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met his Lebanese counterpart at the United Nations and discussed the importance of an immediate ceasefire and a negotiated solution in the conflict with Israel, his office said on Friday.
Starmer met Lebanon's Najib Mikati at the United Nations General Assembly, reported Reuters.
"The Prime Minister opened by giving his sincere condolences to Prime Minister Mikati for the loss of civilian life in recent weeks," the statement said.
"They discussed the escalating conflict in Lebanon, and agreed on the importance of an immediate ceasefire and a negotiated solution."