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India has condemned the onslaught connected United Nations peacekeepers successful Lebanon that killed a Serbian Blue Helmet and injured 2 others, and called for an contiguous and thorough probe to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Sergeant Milovan Jovanovic, a Serbian peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Interim Force successful Lebanon (UNIFIL), was killed erstwhile a mortar struck a UN presumption adjacent Marji'yun successful Sector East of the mission's country of operations connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026).
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“Two different peacekeepers from Spain and El Salvador were injured and are undergoing attraction astatine a UNIFIL aesculapian installation successful southbound Lebanon,” the UN said.
"Our sincere condolences to Serbia and to the household of the Serbian Blue Helmet of UNIFIL who was killed successful this deplorable attack,” India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni said successful a societal media station connected Thursday (June 4, 2026).
Blue Helmets refers to subject personnel, constabulary officers, and civilian experts serving nether the operational bid of the United Nations peacekeeping forces.
The envoy besides wished a swift betterment to the injured peacekeepers and stressed that the planetary assemblage "must travel unneurotic to guarantee the information and information of UN peacekeepers" operating nether UN Security Council mandates.
In a statement, the Permanent Mission of India to the UN condemned the attack, paid tribute to the fallen peacekeeper and wished an aboriginal betterment to the injured personnel.
It called for an contiguous and thorough probe into the onslaught to bring the perpetrators to justness and guarantee afloat accountability.
“India reiterates the cardinal value of respecting the sanctity and inviolability of UN premises and personnel. We telephone upon each parties to guarantee the information and information of UN peacekeepers, who run nether UN Security Council mandates,” the connection said.
India besides urged afloat adherence to UN Security Council Resolution 2589 connected Accountability for Crimes against Peacekeepers, adopted successful August 2021 nether the country's Presidency of the Council.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres besides condemned the attack, underscoring that each attacks connected peacekeepers indispensable beryllium promptly investigated, and those liable indispensable beryllium efficaciously prosecuted and held accountable.
A connection by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, noted that 7 UNIFIL peacekeepers person been killed and respective others wounded since the escalation of hostilities successful March this year.
“Attacks connected peacekeepers indispensable stop,” Mr. Guterres said, adding that they are sedate violations of planetary humanitarian instrumentality and of Security Council resolutions and "may magnitude to warfare crimes”.
In March, India condemned attacks connected UN peacekeepers deployed successful Lebanon and joined astir 30 troop-contributing countries to UNIFIL successful expressing heavy alarm astatine the escalation of hostilities successful the West Asian state and condemning Hezbollah's “reckless decision” to articulation the Iranian attacks against Israel.
