Lebanese-Israeli military hold talks on border

Lebanese, Israeli and UN officers have met on the border to discuss the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon and the deployment of the Lebanese army in the war-ravaged region, a UN spokesman said.

The meeting, the first involving a Lebanese army officer and a counterpart from the Israeli army since Israeli forces withdrew from Lebanon in 2000, marks the first step in the process of military disengagement as demanded by a UN Security Council resolution.