Israel and Lebanon met for direct diplomatic talks the first time in more than 30 years.

Negotiators had their work cut out for them.

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Israel and Lebanon have no formal relations.

So their face-to-face talks in Washington, D.C. today, their first direct diplomatic dialogue in more than 30 years are a milestone.

But Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant movement that's been deeply embedded in Lebanon since the 1990s, did not have a place of the table.

In fact, Hezbollah has said that even if an agreement is reached, it does not plan to abide.

Heading into the talks, we spoke with two different guests, one in Lebanon and one in Israel.

We'll start with Mahayahya in Beirut.

She directs the Malcolm H. Kerr-Karnegey Middle East Center.

I asked her to describe the significance of today's talks for Lebanon.

A massive step for Lebanon. It's really breaking a significant taboo for the country to have

direct talks with Israel. So the Lebanese government is the party involved in these negotiations,

but it is the Iran-Bak militia group Hezbollah that is actually fighting Israel.

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