Israel suspends its participation in April Understanding meetings

The French delegation whose country presides over the current rotating presidency of the April Understanding Monitoring Committee in south Lebanon announced that the Israeli delegation taking part in the committee said it had suspended its participation in the meetings of the committee until the formation of the new Israeli government led by Ehud Barak. The April Understanding Monitoring Committee was due to held a meeting on Tuesday in order to discuss some 21 Israeli complaints and 14 Lebanese complaints on violating the understanding.