Summary: A Lebanese military source said that "the meeting between Lebanon and Israel was postponed due to the need to complete the preparation of technical files, application plans, and executive procedures."

The plane of Lebanese President Joseph Aoun landed at Joint Base Andrews after a flight lasting 12 hours and 4 minutes, after which he will head to his temporary residence in Washington, which is about ten minutes from the White House.

The Lebanese president had left Beirut on Saturday morning for Washington, where he will meet his American counterpart Donald Trump on July 21, according to what the Lebanese presidency announced, after a new round of Lebanese-Israeli negotiations that concluded on Wednesday in Rome.

A statement from the presidency explained that Aoun, in addition to his summit with Trump at the White House, is conducting "meetings and consultations with a number of American officials addressing the situation in Lebanon and ways to consolidate the ceasefire," and "Israel's withdrawal from the Lebanese areas it occupies."

Elements of the Israeli army at a staging point on the border with Lebanon (AFP)

The virtual meeting

Meanwhile, the United States postponed the virtual meeting that was scheduled for last Friday between the Lebanese, Israeli, and American military delegations, dedicated to discussing the executive mechanisms for the first phase of implementing the "experimental zones," thus delaying the start of implementing the practical steps of the framework agreement, especially those related to the "experimental zones."

The technical meeting, agreed upon during the last round of negotiations held at the beginning of the week in Rome, aimed to finalize the executive mechanisms for the first phase, which is based on the withdrawal of the Israeli army from a number of experimental zones in exchange for the deployment of the Lebanese army there under the supervision of the monitoring committee, in preparation for expanding the scope of implementation in subsequent phases.

Lebanese media said that the postponement of the meeting was due to technical reasons or other issues related to the topics of discussion, including the deployment of the Lebanese army.

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A Lebanese military source said that "the meeting between Lebanon and Israel was postponed due to the need to complete the preparation of technical files, application plans, and executive procedures."

The sixth round of direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, held in Rome under American sponsorship, concluded with an agreement to complete the structure of the experimental zones and begin implementing them within days, according to the "framework agreement" aimed at consolidating the ceasefire and preparing conditions for a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces in exchange for the deployment of the Lebanese army.

The framework agreement does not set a binding timetable for completing the Israeli withdrawal, while Israel maintains its position that it will not withdraw from the security zone it seeks to keep at a depth of approximately 10 kilometers from the border, before ensuring the disarmament of Hezbollah in those areas, a condition seen as highly complex given the Lebanese reality.