Israel says ready to 'move forward' on 2 Lebanon 'pilot zones' in Rome talks

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Israel’s foreign minister expects ongoing talks in Rome with Lebanon to help implement an agreement on two “pilot zones” in the country’s south, referring to the withdrawal of Israeli troops from those areas, AFP reports.

“We are ready to move forward [with] implementing these two pilot zones. I hope and tend to believe that this round of discussions in Rome will promote it,” Gideon Saar tells journalists at a press conference in Jerusalem.

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