Buenos Aires, April 10 (NA)—Lebanon and Israel have agreed to hold a meeting on Tuesday in Washington, with mediation from the United States, to discuss a ceasefire and a date to begin negotiations. According to the office of Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, the ceasefire negotiations between Lebanon and Israel will begin during a meeting next Tuesday at the State Department, NBC News and Xinhua Agency reported, and the Argentine News Agency learned. The date for the meeting was set tonight in a phone call between Lebanon's ambassador to the United States, Nada Hamadeh Mouawad, Israel's ambassador to the United States, Yehiel Leiter, and the U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, Michael Issa, according to the president's office. The United States is acting as a mediator between Lebanon and Israel. The statement indicates that the call is part of diplomatic efforts to achieve a ceasefire and begin negotiations. The death toll in Lebanon has exceeded 1,950 since the conflict began, according to the Ministry of Health.
