According to the Lebanese daily Ad-Diyar, citing diplomatic sources, Washington is preparing for a new round of negotiations between Israeli and Lebanese delegations in the first half of July, after the State Department receives a final Pentagon report on the framework agreement's military mechanisms.
According to a Wednesday report from the Lebanese daily Ad-Diyar, citing diplomatic sources, Washington is preparing for a new round of negotiations between Israeli and Lebanese delegations in the first half of July. The talks would follow the State Department's receipt of a final Pentagon report on the military-operational mechanisms of the framework agreement signed between Israel and Lebanon, including a secret security appendix.
The sources said the deadline for Lebanese authorities to fulfill their commitments is not unlimited and would not exceed two months. After that, the report claims, "the scenario of a third round of war will be raised seriously in the coming period," asserting that Israel retains the right to take measures it deems necessary for self-defense. The report also states that the Lebanese delegation agreed, by signing the agreement, that the Lebanese government bears full responsibility for any violation of the framework or delay in its implementation.
As The Zioneer has reported extensively, the trilateral framework agreement was signed in Washington in late June, with the U.S. committing to a coordination group and $130 million in assistance. The agreement conditions an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon on Hezbollah's disarmament and the deployment of the Lebanese army. The timeline and enforcement mechanisms remain key points of contention. The Ad-Diyar report, attributed to anonymous diplomatic sources, is unverified by independent reporting and does not cite specific U.S. or Israeli officials.
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