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G7 foreign ministers agreed in Paris on the need to avoid a security void in Lebanon when UN peacekeepers withdraw, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday. The group also backed moving quickly toward a new security architecture after the UN mandate expires at the end of the year. Barrot acknowledged that significant obstacles remain to agreeing on a replacement arrangement. The mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon ends at the close of 2026.