Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to Washington for a two-hour meeting on Tuesday, during which they agreed to hold further direct talks on a peace agreement.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio mediates the first direct diplomatic negotiations between Israeli and Lebanese envoys in decades as the U.S. brokers a high-stakes ceasefire and regional security agreement.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday will join talks between Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors — the nations’ first direct talks in decades — as they strive to find a workable peace deal