Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement in Washington on Friday following several days of talks to secure an end to fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, APA reports citing Reuters.
Lebanese Ambassador Nada Moawad and her Israeli counterpart Yechiel Leiter signed the trilateral document with the U.S. at the State Department in Washington.
"Today we've taken the first step in what will be a difficult journey, without a doubt, but an important and an essential and a necessary one," U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said before the agreement was inked.
"The trilateral framework we signed today is a first step on the road to restoring Lebanese sovereignty and territorial integrity, securing a permanent and final cessation of hostilities, enabling our people to go back to their land, and allowing all Lebanese to live in peace, security, and prosperity," Moawad said.
Leiter praised Moawad for negotiating like a "lioness."
"In this performance-based trilateral framework agreement, Iran is out, Hezbollah is out, and the road to peace between Israel and Lebanon is in," he said.
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