In Beirut, the Assistant Secretary General of the Arab League, Husam Zaki, met with the member of the political bureau of the resistance movement, Mohammed Raad, and informed him of the League's decision. In an interview with journalists, the Egyptian diplomat added that Hezbollah's conflict with Israel cannot be allowed to expand and that all parties must comply with UN Security Council Resolution 1701. For information, in 2016, the Arab League recognized Hezbollah as a terrorist organization at the initiative of Saudi Arabia.