The first day of the third round of ambassador-level talks between Israel and Lebanon at the US State Department in Washington, DC, has concluded, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel.
They lasted from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. local time, with a break in the middle.
Talks will pick back up tomorrow.
Negotiations are still in their early stages, with the sides trying to draft peace and security deals. That will be difficult to accomplish as Lebanon wants Israeli forces to withdraw from the country’s south, and Israel wants Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah — something the Lebanese army has been unable to do to date and the Iran-backed terror group has roundly rejected.
The State Department calls the talks “productive.”
“We look forward to continuing this tomorrow and hope to have more to share then,” it adds in a statement.
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