Politics
Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors meet in Washington to advance stalled talks
September 16, 2026 at 05:38 AM
Lebanese and Israeli envoys met in Washington to break a standstill in negotiations, while the US ambassador to Lebanon toured the south to assess pilot areas.
- Israeli ambassador Yehiel Leiter and Lebanese ambassador Nada Maawad met Tuesday at the US State Department to discuss implementing the June Framework Formula.
- A round of Israel-Lebanon negotiations scheduled for this week in Rome has been postponed to October.
- US ambassador Michel Issa visited southern Lebanon on Tuesday, the first such trip by a US envoy to the region since the 2006 war.
- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said there will be no new negotiations with Israel at this time, insisting on Israeli withdrawal and the return of prisoners and displaced people.