WASHINGTON: The White House has invited Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to visit the United States on July 21, a White House official told Reuters on Wednesday, after Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement in Washington last month following several days of US-mediated talks aimed at ending fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar confirmed on Tuesday that the next round of talks with Lebanon will take place in Rome, as the two countries work to build on a framework agreement reached last month with US backing.

El anuncio llegó después de una conversación telefónica de 17 minutos que ambos mandatarios mantuvieron el domingo y que Joseph Aoun calificó como “buena”

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is expected to visit the White House later this month, a White House official told Al Arabiya English on Tuesday.Aoun is