Hezbollah should disarm in accordance with the Lebanese government peace plan

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U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on October 21, 2026 to present an updated peace framework proposal

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Oslo, Norway on October 20, 2026, alongside Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and Finnish President Alexander Stubb

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Peace discussions held in Oslo on October 20, 2026 involved representatives from the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Poland, the European Union, and NATO

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Hezbollah has refused to disarm while Israeli military forces remain inside Lebanese territory.

Israel has continued conducting strikes in southern Lebanon, asserting that Hezbollah positions violate the agreed ceasefire conditions.

At the October 20, 2026 Tampa talks, the Lebanese military delegation plans to present evidence of Israeli military attacks, incursions, and civilian casualties in designated pilot zones.

Direct talks between Lebanon and Israel produced a framework agreement signed in Washington on June 26, 2026, aimed at ending hostilities that erupted on March 2, 2026.

A Lebanese military delegation will present Beirut's demands for an end to Israeli attacks at a trilateral meeting in Tampa, Florida, on October 20, 2026.

Under the June 26, 2026 framework agreement, Israeli military forces pledged to withdraw gradually from southern Lebanon while the Lebanese army deploys to oversee the disarmament of Hezbollah.

The United States and Israel have established direct army-to-army coordination between Lebanese and Israeli forces as a requirement to advance the stalled political negotiations.

U.S. Marine Corps Major General Joseph Clearfield will lead the October 20, 2026 trilateral military talks held at U.S. Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Florida.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to attend the peace negotiation meetings in Norway with Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.

Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are set to travel to Norway during the week of October 19, 2026, for negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine.

On Friday, October 16, 2026, the United States urged the UN Security Council to expand an arms embargo on Sudan, which China and Russia opposed.

The UK Prime Minister's office distanced itself from mooted three-way peace talks involving the U.S., Russia, and China that would exclude Ukraine, stating Ukraine must speak for itself.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio explicitly called for direct military-to-military communication between Lebanon and Israel.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov offered to transfer Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium to Russia to assist in preventing a larger conflict.