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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has discussed a \u201cdeconfliction mechanism\u201d for the country with United States Vice President JD Vance and the Qatari prime minister.<\/p>\n
The phone call on Monday focused on consolidating the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese presidency said in a statement. The hostilities between the pair have seen the Israeli military occupy parts of southern Lebanon and launch repeated air raids while Hezbollah has attacked northern Israel.<\/p>\n
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Hezbollah\u2019s backer Iran has made a ceasefire a key condition in its ongoing negotiations with the US, which went to war in Iran alongside Israel in February.<\/p>\n
Lebanon is due to resume talks with Israel in the US on Tuesday. Hezbollah has condemned the upcoming talks<\/a>, demanding the full withdrawal of the Israeli army from Lebanon.<\/p>\n Qatar and Pakistan \u2013 which mediated the first round<\/a> of US-Iran negotiations in Switzerland on Sunday \u2013 said the \u201cparties agreed on the creation of a deconfliction cell\u201d to \u201censure the adherence of the termination of military operations in Lebanon,\u201d but did not provide more details.<\/p>\n Vance later told reporters that the mechanism was intended to prevent incidents from spiralling \u201cinto a broader escalation\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWe do believe \u2026 that we can get to a place where Lebanon\u2019s territorial integrity and sovereignty are protected, Israel\u2019s security is protected,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s going to require some coordination with the Lebanese armed forces and also it\u2019s going to require the Iranians to rein in Hezbollah,\u201d Vance added.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, wrote on social media after the talks in Switzerland: \u201c1st real test: Lebanon deconfliction cell.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018Full freedom\u2019<\/p>\n Lebanon has emerged as a flashpoint between the US and Iran\u2019s efforts to secure a lasting peace deal. Lebanese and Israeli delegations began their first direct talks<\/a> since 1993 in April, with a fifth round of negotiations due to begin on Tuesday in Washington.<\/p>\n Tehran has long insisted that any peace deal with Washington must end the war on all fronts, including Lebanon. However, Israel has maintained its attacks on Lebanon and Hezbollah has fought back.<\/p>\n That has seen Washington issue increasingly harsh rebukes against Israel. Vance last week warned the Israeli leadership \u201cyou can\u2019t just kill your way out<\/a>\u201d of national security crises, and demanded it stop \u201cattacking\u201d<\/a> US decisions.<\/p>\n