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.