The Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, met with the American envoy Morgan Ortagus in April 2025. Archive photo, presidency.
Lebanon took a step forward to avoid a new Israeli war, the threat of which has become increasingly imminent. Beirut decided to raise the representation level and give a diplomatic dimension to the negotiations with Israel, as part of the cease-fire monitoring committee, aka the mechanism.These are the first direct talks in more than 40 years between the two countries, which are still technically at war. In 1983, after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the two countries held direct talks that led to the signing of the May 17, 1983 agreement to establish security arrangements between them. But it never came into force.After an agreement with the prime minister and parliament speaker, President Joseph Aoun announced the appointment of former ambassador Simon Karam to head the delegation representing Lebanon at the mechanism’s meetings — a...
Lebanon took a step forward to avoid a new Israeli war, the threat of which has become increasingly imminent. Beirut decided to raise the representation level and give a diplomatic dimension to the negotiations with Israel, as part of the cease-fire monitoring committee, aka the mechanism.These are the first direct talks in more than 40 years between the two countries, which are still technically at war. In 1983, after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the two countries held direct talks that led to the signing of the May 17, 1983 agreement to establish security arrangements between them. But it never came into force.After an agreement with the prime minister and parliament speaker, President Joseph Aoun announced the appointment of former ambassador Simon Karam to head the delegation representing Lebanon at the mechanism’s meetings —...
Humanitarian convoy reaches Rmeish, Ain Ibl, Dibil despite obstacles
