Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing exchanged views yesterday with UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the phone regarding the
implementation of a UN resolution on Lebanon and the appropriate
handling of the Iranian nuclear issue.
UN Security Council Resolution 1701, unanimously adopted last
week, demands a cessation of all hostilities and authorizes an
increase of the existing UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon to 15,000
troops, in an effort to help Lebanese army take control of the
south of the country while Israel withdraws.
Earlier yesterday, Iran offered a new formula in its official
response to the six-nation package of proposals aimed at resolving
the disputed nuclear issue.
(Xinhua News Agency August 23, 2006)
