{"id":40318,"date":"2026-06-02T22:15:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/the-german-chancellor-calls-on-israel-to-respect-the-ceasefire-in-lebanon-2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T22:15:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:15:37","slug":"the-german-chancellor-calls-on-israel-to-respect-the-ceasefire-in-lebanon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/the-german-chancellor-calls-on-israel-to-respect-the-ceasefire-in-lebanon-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The German chancellor calls on Israel to respect the ceasefire in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/thumbs_b_c_0c27a973bf720ebd754c5fb186648400.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday called on Israel to respect the ceasefire in Lebanon, saying it is &#8220;necessary&#8221; to help pave the way for a breakthrough in US-Iran negotiations, Anadolu reports.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a joint press conference in Berlin with Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magya, Merz said Germany was following developments &#8220;with great concern&#8221; following a new escalation of violence in Lebanon. southern.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The German government urgently calls on Israel to respect the ceasefire agreed in April and protect the civilian population in southern Lebanon,&#8221; Merz said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is particularly necessary at this time to facilitate a breakthrough including within the negotiations currently underway between US President Trump and the Iranian leadership,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Merz also called on Hezbollah to immediately stop attacks on Israel. northern and disarm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hezbollah must immediately stop attacks on the people of Israel and must lay down its weapons,&#8221; Merz said, adding that Germany is in contact with Israeli and Lebanese authorities to encourage the continuation of direct talks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are doing everything in our power to contribute to reducing tensions and restoring the ceasefire,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday called on Israel to respect the ceasefire in Lebanon, saying it is &#8220;necessary&#8221; to help pave the way for a breakthrough in US-Iran negotiations, Anadolu reports. Speaking at a joint press conference in Berlin with Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magya, Merz said Germany was following developments &#8220;with great concern&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[666],"class_list":["post-40318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-brief"],"views":12,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40320,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40318\/revisions\/40320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}