WASHINGTON, April 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that talks between Israel and Lebanon will take place on Thursday.

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) walks to board Marine One at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on April 10, 2026. (File photo: Xinhua)

"Trying to get a little breathing room between Israel and Lebanon. It has been a long time since the two leaders have spoken, like 34 years. It will happen tomorrow," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Israel and Lebanon on Tuesday held a meeting in Washington, where Israel insisted on Hezbollah's disarmament and Lebanon called for a ceasefire and concrete measures to ease the severe humanitarian crisis resulting from the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, according to a statement from the U.S. State Department.

All sides agreed to launch direct negotiations at a mutually agreed time and venue, said the statement.

The meeting marked the first major high-level engagement between Israel and Lebanon since 1993, it said.