Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has led a special session of his council of ministers in southern Lebanon’s Tyre, close to where Israeli forces continue to operate and where a monitoring committee is evaluating the implementation of the ceasefire agreement, Al Jazeera reports.

He said his presence there reaffirms the government’s position in support of the army deploying south of the Litani River and cooperation with UNIFIL peacekeepers in the area to implement the UN resolution originally aimed at ending the 2006 war with Israel, according to the National News Agency.

He also emphasised “our demand that the international community, especially the parties sponsoring the security arrangements, work seriously and decisively to stop the enemy’s continued violations, withdraw from the territories it occupies, and contribute effectively to implementing the ceasefire and moving to a state of permanent stability reinforced by dignity, sovereignty and rights”.