00:00Lebanon and Israel are set to return to Washington, D.C. on Thursday
00:04for another round of talks aimed at ending hostilities.
00:08The meeting, to be held at the U.S. State Department,
00:10will be the first since a fragile ceasefire took effect last week.
00:16The two sides last met on April 14, their first talks in decades,
00:21in a meeting in Washington attended by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
00:26Hezbollah, not part of the discussions, have criticized the negotiations.
00:30Describing them as a series of losing concessions by the Lebanese government.
00:34Despite this, President Joseph Aoun has reaffirmed Beirut's commitment
00:38to continuing talks with Israel.
00:40While a ceasefire is in place, violence has not fully subsided,
00:45with Israel continuing operations in southern Lebanon.
00:48Meanwhile, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is in Luxembourg,
00:52briefing European Union foreign ministers on the situation.
00:55The EU's relationship with Israel is also on the agenda,
00:58with some member states pushing to review the bloc's association agreement with Tel Aviv.
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