Diplomacy is, on many occasions, about second chances. In a more than complex scenario, Israel and Lebanon have agreed to make this new ‘appointment’ to the negotiation for more than a ceasefire of a few days. Opposite, The US and Iran maintain a pulse between the political and the communicative, without finding a momentary solution. Two focuses that are interrelated and cannot be understood separately.
Representatives of Israel and of Lebanon They have confirmed that they will maintain their second round of negotiations to reach potential peace. The appointment will take place this Thursday the 23rd and again based in Washington, capital of the United States.
The negotiation table will have the authorities of the two states, not so from the terrorist group Hezbollahas Tel Aviv claimed and as US sources have finally confirmed, which will act as mediator.
The resumption of talks will come just three days before the end of the ten-day ceasefire that . The truce has been linked, however, to constant accusations of rape by both parties.
In their first face-to-face meeting on April 14, the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the United States, Yechiel Leiter and Nada Hamadeh, met at the US State Department in what was the highest level meeting between both countries, without diplomatic relations, since 1993.
The other side (for now tail)
Nothing guarantees success in the peace attempts between Israel and Lebanon, but at the moment there is a call for a reunion. Not so at the other end of the four-party conflict that has shaken the planet in recent months. and that from Tehran they prefer to cool.
In a constant ‘game’ of storytelling and public challenges, the two countries have exchanged reproaches and ultimatums. The contradiction is such that Trump himself has lost pace with the pace of the negotiations. This Monday, the president of the United States reported in an interview with The New York Post that JD Vance and the rest of the North American delegation “are on their way now. They will be there [en Islamabad] tonight”.
However, a few minutes later, international media echoed the ‘correction’ launched from the White Housestating that the American team had not yet taken off for Pakistan.
The doubt persists because Iran maintains a momentary ‘no’ to negotiating again with its counterpart. With just over 48 hours until the end of the two-week ceasefire, versions change in a matter of minutes.
Always ready to give headlines, Donald and he hoped to seal it in the “imminent” talks. However, the Iranian Government made it clear this Monday that at this point “it has no plans to participate in a new round.”
The Iranian refusal came after the capture of one of its merchant ships by the US Navy in the Strait of Hormuz this weekend, an incident that .
It was the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Ismail Bagaei, who conveyed Tehran’s story, stating that the US with its “contradictory behaviors” and the fact of “continually violate the terms of the ceasefire” shows “that it is not serious about following the diplomatic process.” From the Asian country they first demand that the US lift the naval blockade before resuming contact, a demand ratified hours later by the ‘apparatus’ of the ayatollah regime.
