PARIS, France, April 9, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that he urged his US and Iranian counterparts, Donald Trump and Masoud Pezeshkian, to include Lebanon in the ceasefire reached with Iran. Israel announced Wednesday it did not consider Lebanon covered by the Iran-US truce announced overnight. "I expressed my hope that the ceasefire will be fully respected by each of the belligerents, across all areas of confrontation, including in Lebanon," Macron wrote on X after speaking with both leaders. Macron is the first Western leader to have spoken with the Iranian president since the announcement of the ceasefire. Macron said France would "play its full part, in close coordination with its partners" in the region.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha April 09, 2026 09:02 UTC