BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday stressed on the need to protect diplomatic missions in Lebanon, a day after shots were fired near the embassy of the United States in Lebanon, reported Xinhua.
“The protection of diplomatic missions in Lebanon cannot be compromised at all,“ a statement from the country’s Council of Ministers quoted Mikati as saying.
Several shots were fired near the US embassy north of Beirut late on Wednesday, a time coinciding with the 39th anniversary of a deadly bombing attack on the embassy on Sept 20, 1984. –Bernama
