Jordan Times
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Jordan says truce vote first step to end bloodshed
AMMAN, August 13 (JT) - Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit said the UN resolution was a "first step" to ending the bloodshed.
"It is a first step, we hope, to stop the bloodshed which is the priority now," Bakhit told reporters following talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The UN resolution authorizes up to 15,000 UN troops to move into Lebanon to enforce a ceasefire. France is widely expected to lead the force, which will expand the existing UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), but have a stronger mandate