BlockBeats News, April 10th, according to Xinhua News Agency, on the 9th, the Office of the Israeli Prime Minister issued a statement saying that Prime Minister Netanyahu had instructed the Israeli government the day before to start direct negotiations with Lebanon as soon as possible. U.S. media reported that the first negotiation will be held in the U.S. next week. The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office statement said that the focus of the negotiations is to disarm Hezbollah in Lebanon and “to establish a peaceful relationship between Israel and Lebanon.”
The statement said that this move was made against the backdrop of “Lebanon’s repeated requests for direct negotiations with Israel.” Netanyahu said that Lebanese Prime Minister Salam called him on the 9th seeking “Beirut’s demilitarization.” Israel and Lebanon have not established diplomatic relations. According to the U.S. Axios news website, an Israeli senior official stated on the 9th that the first direct negotiation between Israel and Lebanon will be held next week at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C.
Israel will be represented by its Ambassador to the U.S., Yehiel Leiter, while Lebanon will be represented by its Ambassador to the U.S., Nada Hamad Mawla, and the U.S. delegation will be led by U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, Michel Issa.
