U.S. President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform that leaders of Israel and Lebanon could hold talks on April 16, which would mark their first such meeting in over 34 years. Trump wrote that he is trying to achieve a “little break” between the two countries, but did not specify the location of the potential meeting.

Official comments from Israel and Lebanon are currently lacking. This potential high-level engagement comes after negotiations between representatives of the two countries took place on Tuesday in Washington. Following those talks, calls for a ceasefire were issued from Beirut.

Meanwhile, according to Israeli media reports, a meeting of Israel’s military-political cabinet on Wednesday concluded without a decision on a ceasefire with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. However, the Financial Times, citing informed sources, reports that a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon could take effect as early as this week, possibly after the conclusion of an Israeli operation in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil.

In a related development, Trump recently stated in an interview that Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in response to a letter from him, assured that China is not supplying weapons to Iran. Trump claimed he urged Beijing to refrain from military support for Tehran, receiving a response that China is not engaged in such activities. The U.S. president did not clarify when this exchange of letters occurred.

Source: kun.uz