National Assembly votes on one-year extension of deployment to Lebanon, South Sudan

The National Assembly held a plenary session and voted on two agreements to extend the dispatch of the Armed Forces.

The motion extends the period of dispatch of the Armed Forces to the UN Lebanon Peacekeeping Forces and the South Sudan Mission by one year until the end of next year to participate in international peacekeeping efforts as a member of the UN.

Since July 2007, Lebanon's peacekeeping forces have been dispatched and the South Sudanese mission has extended their dispatch by one year every year since March 2013.