Reports: Hochstein and Le Drian agree to prepare joint paper
U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein’s talks in Paris on Wednesday with French special envoy for Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian tackled “the situation in Lebanon in terms of the border war between Israel and Hezbollah and the stalled presidential file,” a media report said.
“The two mediators agreed on the continuation of coordination and the exchange of information regarding the situation in Lebanon,” al-Liwaa newspaper reported on Thursday.
“Hochstein and Le Drian agreed on continuing to exert efforts to prevent an expansion of the war on the Lebanese-Israeli border,” the daily said.
They also agreed to “prepare a joint paper to move to Lebanon in light of the progress of the negotiations on the Gaza front,” the newspaper added.
A spokesman for the U.S. National Security Council meanwhile told al-Mayadeen television that Hochstein’s talks in Paris were constructive.
The spokesman added that Paris and Washington aim to resolve the current conflict through diplomatic means.
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