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US-Iran negotiations aimed at reaching a permanent end to war convened in Switzerland, with opening sessions directed at the Israeli-Hizbollah conflict in Lebanon.
The phased structure — Lebanon first, broader settlement second — defines the diplomatic sequence that markets with regional exposure will track for early signal.
Lebanon as the Opening Chapter The decision to lead with the Israeli-Hizbollah conflict suggests negotiators regard that front as the more tractable near-term objective.
Clearing active hostilities in Lebanon before advancing to the wider US-Iran bilateral standoff is a recognizable sequencing logic: reduce the most combustible variable before engaging the deeper structural disagreements.
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