(19 Nov 2024)
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Beirut, Lebanon – 19 November 2024
1. Wide of US envoy Amos Hochstein walking into building
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Amos Hochstein, US senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden:
“We have continued to narrow the gaps through the discussions over the last few weeks and specifically today we continued to significantly narrow the gaps so the meeting was very constructive and very helpful.”
3. Various of meeting with Lebanon’s Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Amos Hochstein, US senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden:
“I came back because we have a real opportunity to bring this conflict to an end. This is a moment of decision-making. I’m here in Beirut to facilitate that decision but it’s ultimately the decision of the parties to reach a conclusion to this conflict. It is now within our grasp. So as the window is now, I hope the coming days yield a resolute decision.”
5. Various of Berri and Hochstein in meeting
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Amos Hochstein, US senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden:
“I appreciate the constructive nature of the conversation with the speaker. I’ll have additional conversations today with the prime minister and with others and I am committed to do everything that I can to work with the government here in Lebanon and Israel to bring this conflict to a close.”
7. Wide of Hochstein coming out of elevator
8. Wide of Hochstein walking out
STORYLINE:
Amos Hochstein, the US senior adviser to President Joe Biden, said that cease-fire talks with Lebanon’s Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri on Tuesday were "constructive."
“I appreciate the constructive nature of the conversation with the speaker," Hochstein said Tuesday. "I’ll have additional conversations today with the prime minister and with others and I am committed to do everything that I can to work with the government here in Lebanon and Israel to bring this conflict to a close.”
A U.S. envoy arrived in Beirut on Tuesday to meet with Lebanese officials about a possible cease-fire in the Israel-Hezbollah war.
Hochstein arrived a day after Hezbollah reportedly gave a positive response to a U.S. draft proposal to end the war, which has been ongoing for more than 13 months.
He said he came back to the region because "we have a real opportunity to bring this conflict to an end."
The U.S. has been working on a proposal to end hostilities that would remove Israeli ground forces from Lebanon and push Hezbollah forces away from the Israeli border.
More Lebanese troops and U.N. peacekeepers would be sent to the buffer zone in southern Lebanon as part of the deal.
Hochstein said he hopes a resolution will be reached in the coming days.
Hochstein was scheduled to meet Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and other officials.
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