KUN0035 4 GEN 0130 GREAT-BRITAIN /KUNA-LLO2 MIL-LEBANON-MALAYSIA-UNIFIL 100 Malaysian soldiers arrive to join UNIFIL BEIRUT, Jan 2 (KUNA) -- The first batch of the Malaysian contingent consisting of 100 soldiers arrived in Lebanon on Tuesday to join a U.N. peacekeeping force monitoring a truce between Israel and Hezbollah in south Lebanon. A security source told KUNA the first contingent would be stationed in the southern city of Marjeyoun. The second batch would follow on January 15. Meanwhile, Israel had initially objected to peacekeepers from countries that do not recognise the Jewish state, but later relaxed that stance. Both Malaysia and neighbouring Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, have now sent troops to Lebanon, although neither has diplomatic ties with Israel.(end) an.tg KUNA 021733 Jan 07NNNN