General Luciano Portolano, Chief of the Defense Staff, went to Lebanon today for institutional meetings and to thank the Italian military personnel involved in Unifil, Mibil and MTC4L under Italian leadership.
Portolano had the opportunity to reiterate to his Lebanese counterpart Joseph Aoun Italy's full support through Unifil for the full implementation of UN resolution 1701 for peacekeeping. The visit then continued with a meeting with the Head of Mission and Force Commander of Unifil, General Aroldo Lazaro, (a position already held by General Portolano from 2014 to 2016), who expressed to him «the utmost satisfaction and gratitude for what has been done so far by the Italian Armed Forces, resilient and determined to re-establish conditions of peace in the area of responsibility in full compliance with 1701».
The visit ended at the headquarters of the Army contingent based on the Sassari Brigade in Shama and at the personnel of the Italair Task Force in Naquora where, addressing the Italian soldiers, he renewed his best wishes for the Christmas holidays and underlined the human and professional value that have distinguished them especially in the last period.
(Online Union)
