His government "will ask the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution on a total and immediate ceasefire," the Lebanese prime minister said.
He assured that his government is "committed to the full implementation of resolution 1701" and especially to "the deployment of the army in the south and the strengthening of its presence along the border".
Resolution 1701, which ended the war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006, stipulates an end to hostilities on both sides of the border and that only UN peacekeeping forces and the Lebanese army can be deployed in southern Lebanon.
"Hezbollah agrees on this matter," Mikati added.
Hezbollah reportedly agreed to a ceasefire as early as last month
A Lebanese government source told AFP on Wednesday that Hezbollah had informed Lebanese authorities of its agreement to a ceasefire with Israel on the very day the movement's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed by an Israeli strike on September 27.
Until then, Hezbollah conditioned any ceasefire in Lebanon to stop the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
Also, Prime Minister Mikati denounced as a "crime" the attacks against the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), targeted two days in a row by Israeli shots that resulted in wounded in its ranks.
Since October 2023, more than 2,100 people have been killed in Lebanon, of which nearly 1,200 after the escalation that began on September 23. According to the UN, the number of internally displaced persons in Lebanon is 600,000.
