Lebanese PM Nawaz Salam calls recovery of territory under Israeli occupation one of three 'existential challenges' for Beirut

New York, Sep 25 (UNI) Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has described the recovery of territory from Israeli occupation as one of three "existential challenges" facing his government, while calling for a viable replacement of the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon before its planned withdrawal. Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York, Salam said Lebanon needed to address three major challenges: restoring public trust after the country's financial collapse and the 2020 Beirut port explosion, reclaiming national decision-making by ensuring that weapons remained under state authority, and recovering all Lebanese territory from Israeli occupation while extending state…