Al-Miqdad: Postponing the Lebanon-Israel negotiations at an American request due to Washington not receiving positive results

Al-Miqdad said, in statements to the “Newsmaker” program on RT: “The negotiations between Lebanon and Israel were postponed at the request of the United States, because Washington did not receive positive results from them.”

He added, "The deadline for the framework agreement expired because of Israel's intransigence and the flexibility of the United States in the face of Tel Aviv, as well as because of the solidity of Lebanon's positions."

Al-Miqdad stressed that “there were no meetings or communication between Hezbollah and the President of Lebanon,” indicating that there are no direct channels of communication between the party and the Lebanese government regarding the negotiations file.

The Lebanese MP pointed out, "We have specific Lebanese demands, but the Lebanese government is prevented from implementing them by the United States and Israel."

Al-Miqdad explained that “Israel stopped bombing Beirut in accordance with the Islamabad Agreement, and not in accordance with the framework agreement,” indicating that stopping the bombing of the Lebanese capital came within broader regional understandings and not within the bilateral framework with Israel.

This statement comes at a time when reports indicated that the next round of talks between Israel and Lebanon, mediated by America, had been postponed until next October, after they were supposed to be held in Rome last week.