Aboul Gheit: Ceasefire agreement is an important step towards calm and stopping the bloodshed

Cairo - INA

Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, welcomed today, Wednesday, the entry into force of the ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and the Zionist entity, noting that the agreement represents an important step towards calm and stopping the bloodshed.

"The Lebanese people have suffered greatly during this war, which has claimed thousands of civilian lives and caused great destruction to the infrastructure," Abu al-Ghaith said in a statement followed by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), explaining that "the agreement represents an important opportunity for the Lebanese people to catch their breath and rearrange the internal political situation, especially about the issue of electing a president for the republic after a vacancy that lasted for more than two years."

The official spokesman for the Secretary-General quoted Abu al-Ghait - according to the statement - as stressing the need to complete the procedures for the Zionist withdrawal from all Lebanese territories as soon as possible, in preparation for the return of the displaced to their homes.

The spokesman explained that "the Secretary-General praised the efforts of the mediators to reach this agreement, stressing at the same time the need to intensify work to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza as soon as possible."