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Second round of direct Israel-Lebanon talks in Washington to take place Thursday
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
The second round of direct talks between Israel’s ambassador in Washington Yechiel Leiter and his Lebanese counterpart Nada Hamadeh Moawad will take place on Thursday, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel.
The meeting will take place at the State Department in Washington, and will include staffers from the Israeli, Lebanese and US sides, says the official.
Last Tuesday, Leiter and Moawad met for roughly two-hours, marking the highest-level meeting to date between Israeli and Lebanese officials, and the first direct talks between the two neighboring countries in decades.
The talks were mediated by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other American diplomats.
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