The two-day negotiations will begin at 10 a.m. (local time, 11 a.m. Lithuanian time), said an official speaking on condition of anonymity.
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A representative of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had previously said that the negotiations would take place on July 15 and 16, and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar confirmed on July 7 that the negotiations would resume “next week.”
These two countries, which do not maintain official relations, began direct negotiations in April after the Tehran-backed militant group Hezbollah involved Lebanon in the Middle East war, having launched rockets at Israel the previous month.
Recently, they reached a general agreement providing for the disarmament of Hezbollah and the gradual withdrawal of Israel from the occupied Lebanese territories, with the Lebanese army deployed in the so-called buffer zones.
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However, the agreement, which Hezbollah rejected, does not include a timetable for Israel’s withdrawal, and Israeli officials have also promised that their forces will remain in a 10 km deep “security zone” as long as Hezbollah remains armed.
A US military delegation met with Lebanese army representatives in Beirut last week to discuss the implementation of Israel’s withdrawal from the first “buffer zone.”
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