tang all this into account, i do want tounderscore our ng-term gl in lebanon, which secretary feltmanferred to. when it comes to mitigatinthe reat hezbollah poses. establishing competent and accountable serity forces that are responsible for monitorin and securing all of lebanon's rders and thus undercutng hezbollah's flawed justification defend lebanon.s its aenal t hezbollah's destabilizing actions hav a global reach. the recent conviction of a hezblah cell in ept for spying, ptting attacks on resorts ows the group's growg ambitions. in iraq, we are aware of hezbollah providing training and othesupport to shia muslim groups tha carry outattas. hezbollah's web also extends to europe and the caucuacaucasus. while this attack was fled and they are in an azerbaijani pron the continued the disregard for the law both insi a outside lebanon continue to urge allf our european partner iluding the eu to take further action against hezbollah. we reject the argumt that there is a difrence between the group's military and political wings. in the western hemisphere, zbollah has tapped into muslim