France and Italy will launch a coalition to support Lebanon.

French President Emmanuel Macron hosted Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday for the 36th Franco-Italian intergovernmental summit.

Meloni pointed to joint efforts supporting an agreement between the United States and Iran, and announced that France and Italy would launch a coalition to support Lebanon after the U.N. peacekeeping mission known as UNIFIL winds down at the end of the year, possibly including an international conference.