According to an External Affairs Ministry source, who declined to give details of the withdrawal for security reasons, This is the implementation of a plan announced this week by Prime Minister Luis Montenegro in New York.Montenegro said on Wednesday that the Portuguese government is ready to remove Portuguese nationals who want to leave Lebanon.
Speaking to reporters at the United Nations headquarters in New York, the prime minister said, “There is a plan, a schedule to remove the Portuguese citizens who are there. [no Líbano]In line with the evolution of the reality on the ground and in line with the cooperation with other partner countries, especially within the borders of the European Union”.
“We have been in contact for a long time with all the identified Portuguese, so we have registered that they are in the region and we have mechanisms ready to provide support. It is necessary for them to return”He strengthened.
Israel and Hezbollah have been engaged in intense daily fighting since October 7, 2023, following a Hamas attack on Israeli soil that sparked the current war in the Gaza Strip, forcing tens of thousands of people from both sides of the Israelis to flee their homes. – Lebanon border.Israel’s attacks against Hezbollah have intensified significantly in recent days, after military officials in Tel Aviv announced they were shifting operations from the Gaza Strip to the north of the country.
Israeli forces have been engaged in daily firefights with Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon for nearly a year since the Iran-backed group launched a missile attack on Israel following a Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7.
Tens of thousands of people on both sides of the border have fled their homes, large areas have been deserted, and Israel has declared the return of evacuees to their homes as one of its war goals.
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