Second round of Lebanon-Israel talks to be held this week in Washington

A second round of direct talks between Lebanon and Israel will take place this week, US officials told Al Arabiya English on Monday.The talks will be the second of their kind, following last week’s inaugural negotiations, hosted by the Trump administration at the State Department.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“The United States welcomes the productive engagement that began on April 14,” a State Department official told Al Arabiya English. “We will continue to facilitate direct, good-faith discussions between the two governments,” the official added.Lebanon and Israel’s ambassadors to Washington are expected to head the respective delegations, US officials said.Lebanese ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad and her Israeli counterpart, Yechiel Leiter, met last week in the first such meeting in decades.Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Monday that the government and no other side would lead planned talks with Israel in a veiled

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