US says latest round of Israel-Lebanon talks ‘fruitful’

US says latest round of Israel-Lebanon talks ‘fruitful’ US State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a statement on Thursday that talks between Lebanon and Israel were “fruitful” amid ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon. “Lebanon and Israel are much closer to reaching an agreement on advancing and expanding the pilot zones process”, he said, as the latest round of direct talks, the seventh overall, just wrapped up in Rome, Italy.