Guterres's press encounter following his meeting with Berri

Below is United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's press encounter following his meeting today with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri:
 
"It was for me a great pleasure and a great honour to once again visit the Speaker of Parliament and to express to him the total solidarity of the UN with the Lebanese people in this important moment of its history.
 
We are totally confident that Lebanon will have soon a government in which all areas of the Lebanese population will feel represented, that Lebanon will be able to guarantee the security to its citizens.
 
And at the same time, UNIFIL is working very closely with the Lebanese Armed Forces in the south, with a very clear objective that the Israeli presence in the south must end in the way that is defined in the agreement and that the Lebanese Armed Forces will be able to be present in the totality of the territory of Lebanon.
 
Thank you."