US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa visited Lebanese leaders on Thursday, as he announced that a US military delegation will land in Beirut in the coming days to establish implementation mechanisms of the so-called US-brokered “framework agreement” between Lebanon and the Israeli enemy.
Issa met with President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, then with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.
After his one-hour-meeting with Aoun, Issa said the Lebanese president’s visit to Washington was “particularly significant under the current circumstances and reflects the level of attention President Trump is giving to Lebanon,” according to a statement by the Lebanese Presidency.
Asked about the planned meeting in Rome on July 14–15, Issa explained that the decision to hold the talks in the Italian capital was “made solely for technical reasons related to facilitating travel for ambassadors and delegation members.”
الرئيس جوزاف عون استقبل السفير الاميركي في بيروت ميشال عيسى وبحث معه في الزيارة الرسمية التي سيقوم بها الرئيس عون إلى الولايات المتحدة الأميركية بدعوة من الرئيس الاميركي دونالد ترامب، اضافةً إلى الأوضاع الراهنة في لبنان والمنطقة.
— Lebanese Presidency (@LBpresidency) July 9, 2026
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He noted that the Rome meeting will focus on the organizational and implementation aspects of the framework agreement, particularly the formation of specialized working groups responsible for carrying out the arrangements agreed upon in Washington.
On the timeline for launching work in the so-called “pilot areas” identified during the Washington negotiations, the US ambassador said preparations were underway to put the agreement into effect.
He noted that a US military delegation is expected in Beirut in the coming days to coordinate and establish implementation mechanisms on the ground.
He emphasized the “need to prevent any security vacuum following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the designated areas, adding that the implementation timetable will be determined based on the results of those coordination meetings.”
For his part, Aoun stressed the “need to consolidate the ceasefire in southern Lebanon and to pressure Israel to halt its military operations and adhere to the terms of the framework agreement reached through the Lebanese-American-Israeli negotiations in Washington,”
Aoun also “emphasized the need to stop the shelling, demolitions, and bulldozing operations carried out by Israeli forces in a number of the towns and villages they continue to occupy.”
In the meeting between Issa and PM Salam, discussion “touched on the implementation of the trilateral framework, particularly the commencement of Israel’s withdrawal from the designated pilot areas, paving the way for the deployment of the Lebanese Army in those areas,” the National News Agency reported.
Source: Al-Manar English Website