Lebanese minister says truce holding up

Monday, August 14, 2006, 15:13 [IST]

Paris, Aug 14: Lebanese Finance Minister Jihad Azour said on today a UN-brokered truce to end nearly five weeks of fighting between Israel and Hizbollah was holding up and that there was no more shooting.

Asked on France 2 television whether the guns had fallen silent, Azour said, "According to the information I have until now, yes. Currently the situation is stable along the whole border and across the zones of hostilities."

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