The president of Lebanon, Joseph Aoun, stated this Friday that "positive advances" have been made in the talks held this week with Israel in Rome, focused mainly on "borders" and the situation of prisoners.
During a session of the Council of Ministers, in which he reported on the state of the negotiations, the head of state also expressed "his hope that concrete measures will soon be adopted in this regard," although he did not provide additional information.
In the same meeting with his cabinet, Aoun specified that "regarding the ceasefire and the pilot areas, the U.S. Administration will take care of addressing them, and U.S. General Joseph Clerfield will soon arrive in Beirut to follow up on these issues."
Also this Friday, the Lebanese leader received in Beirut the Deputy Prime Minister, Tarek Mitri, who delivered to him a report prepared by the National Commission of Humanitarian Law that "documents the serious violations of International Law committed by Israel" since the Israeli Army and the Shiite militia party Hezbollah resumed fighting on March 2.
Throughout this week, delegations from both countries have held the seventh round of contacts aimed at ending hostilities, despite the ceasefire agreed upon in April, which has not prevented the continuation of Israeli attacks against Lebanese territory.
At the same time, a framework agreement reached last June between Lebanon and Israel, under U.S. mediation, remains in effect, which includes the disarmament of Hezbollah and the gradual withdrawal of the Israeli Army from the south of the country.