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Trump attends US-Lebanon-Israel talks in Washington, Beirut seeks ceasefire extension
2026-04-23 23:54:52 / SPORT
President Donald Trump will participate today in a new round of talks in Washington between Lebanon and Israel at the ambassadorial level, during which Beirut will seek an extension of the ceasefire that has been in effect since April 17.
In addition to the US president, the meeting will also be attended by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, Lebanese Ambassador Nada Hamadeh Mouawad, and US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Aissa.
According to a US State Department spokesperson to the French News Agency, the US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, is also expected to attend.
The talks, which were initially scheduled to take place at the State Department, will ultimately be held at the White House. President Trump will receive the two representatives upon their arrival.
During the meeting, Lebanon will seek " the extension of the ceasefire, which includes a halt to the destruction of homes and an end to attacks on civilians, religious sites, journalists, medical and educational personnel ," President Joseph Aoun said on Thursday.
An official source told AFP that Lebanon will seek a one-month extension of the ceasefire, which expires Sunday evening.
The president added that he "hopes to be able to travel to Washington to meet with President Trump and inform him of the reality of the situation in Lebanon ," stressing that he has never considered contacting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The two countries, still at war, met on April 14, also in Washington, in an attempt to end the conflict that Lebanon entered on March 2 after Hezbollah attacks on Israel. It was the first meeting between the two countries since 1993.
The United States then imposed a ten-day ceasefire, during which over 2,400 people were killed and more than a million were displaced on the Lebanese side.
At the conclusion of the first round of negotiations, the two countries agreed to begin direct talks to achieve a lasting peace, at a time and place to be determined later.
Lebanon appointed experienced diplomat Simon Karam as head of its delegation for these negotiations.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said Wednesday that Israel has "no serious disagreements" with Lebanon. " There is only one obstacle to peace and normalization between the two countries, and that is Hezbollah," he said, calling on the Lebanese government to work "together against the terrorist state that Hezbollah has built on your territory."
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