Paris, France

France's foreign minister said on Thursday that Paris' international conference for Lebanon raised $1 billion in pledges for humanitarian aid and military support.

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“We have collectively raised $800 million in humanitarian aid and $200 million for the security forces, that's about $1 billion,” France's foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot said in his closing speech at the conference, which gathered over 70 nations and international organisations.

“We're up to the challenge,” Barrot said.

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French President Emmanuel Macron had called on participants to bring “massive aid” to support the country where war between Hezbollah militants and Israel has displaced a million people, killed over 2,500, and deepened an economic crisis.

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