Kuwait City, April 19 -- The Foreign Ministry of Kuwait has strongly condemned a deadly attack targeting UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, calling it a "violation of international law and Security Council Resolution 1701."

In a statement issued on Sunday, the ministry said it " expresses the State of Kuwait's condemnation and denunciation of the attack targeting the French battalion affiliated with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon 'UNIFIL' in southern Lebanon, which resulted in the death of one individual and the injury of several soldiers."

The statement added that Kuwait reaffirms," total rejection of targeting peacekeeping forces due to what this constitutes as a violation of international law and Security Council Resol...