Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah

The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, and believes that it will become the basis for a long-term peace settlement in the region, the ministry announced on Wednesday in a press release. The ceasefire came into effect on Wednesday morning at 4 am local time (3 pm CET), after thirteen months of cross-border shelling and two months of open war.

According to Reuters, the agreement proposes that Israeli troops will withdraw from southern Lebanon within sixty days, while troops of the Lebanese army will be deployed there. Hezbollah will simultaneously move its forces away from the Israeli-Lebanese border and across the Litani River. US President Joe Biden told reporters that the agreement was "designed to be a permanent ceasefire".