U.S. Delegation in Lebanon to Discuss Israel ‘Pilot Zone’ Withdrawal: Official
The talks aim to turn a June framework into concrete steps as Lebanon seeks Israeli withdrawal before deploying its army.
- An American military delegation began talks in Beirut on Saturday with the Lebanese Army to discuss implementing Israel's withdrawal from a pilot zone in southern Lebanon.
- Under a U.S.-mediated framework agreement reached on June 26, Israel must gradually withdraw from southern Lebanon to allow the Lebanese Army to assume control of two sectors known as pilot zones.
- Israeli officials stated their troops will remain in a 10-kilometer-deep security zone as long as Hezbollah remains armed, while Hezbollah rejected the agreement citing the lack of a withdrawal timetable.
- Negotiations between Lebanon and Israel are scheduled to resume in Rome next week, with the U.S. Central Command coordinating implementation of the pilot zones with both countries.
- These discussions precede President Joseph Aoun's expected visit to Washington later this month at the invitation of President Donald Trump, signaling diplomatic momentum on the withdrawal framework.
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An American military delegation has begun discussions in Beirut with the Lebanese army on the modalities for implementing the Israeli withdrawal from one of the "pilot zones" in the south of the country.
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