After Israel announces it is opening negotiations with Lebanon on demarcating a border between the countries, US deputy Middle East envoy Morgan Ortagus says the White House looks forward to convening talks quickly “to resolve outstanding issues.”
Her announcement comes after military-to-military talks in southern Lebanon between Israel, the US, France, and Lebanon, in which the parties agreed to open working groups on the border, the IDF deployment in Lebanon, and Lebanese detainees held in Israel, according to Israel and the US.
The US has been mediating between Israel and Lebanon — two countries officially at war — for “several weeks,” Axios reports.
A US official tells the outlet that talks on the three issues could begin next month.
In 2022, Israel and Lebanon negotiated a maritime demarcation line through US mediation.
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