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Shafaq News- Rome
The first day of the sixth round of direct talks between
Lebanon and Israel concluded in Rome on Tuesday without an announcement on the
outcome, Lebanese media reported.
The Lebanese delegation included Lebanon’s ambassador to the
United States, Nada Mouawad, former ambassador Simon Karam, and Brigadier
General Ziad Haikal, an adviser to President Joseph Aoun. Israel was
represented by its ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, while the
US delegation was led by Dan Haller, a State Department counselor.
According to Lebanese media, the two-day talks, hosted at
the US Embassy in Rome, could lead to the formation of several specialized
committees tasked with advancing plans in the proposed pilot zones in southern
Lebanon. A political committee would intervene when necessary to facilitate
progress. The committees would then begin meeting separately, while discussions
on the zones continue between US Central Command (CENTCOM) and the Lebanese
negotiating delegation.
Ahead of the talks, Lebanon’s presidency said the
negotiating delegation had been instructed to demand the immediate withdrawal
of Israeli forces from the proposed zones before discussing any other issues.
The Rome talks follow five previous rounds of US-sponsored
negotiations held in Washington. On June 26, Lebanon and Israel signed a
US-brokered framework providing for an Israeli withdrawal from designated pilot
zones in southern Lebanon before the Lebanese Army deploys there as part of a
phased pullout. However, Israeli forces have yet to withdraw from those areas,
and cross-border tensions have persisted.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry stated that Israeli attacks since
March 2 have killed 4,324 people and injured 12,221 others.
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