Issa says US to present written proposal to Berri

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa revealed Tuesday that Washington will present a written paper to Speaker Nabih Berri regarding the so-called pilot zones in south Lebanon, where the Lebanese Army would take control from Israel's occupying forces.

"He told me that he would then accept the pilot zones," Issa said in an interview with MTV.

The ambassador also explained that a pilot zone is different from a buffer zone.

"In pilot zones, residents would return to their villages, Israel would stop its attacks and the Lebanese Army would provide protection and clear the area from weapons, before work moves to another zone, until the entire south is cleaned up," Issa clarified.

The issue of pilot zones was mentioned in the recent ceasefire agreement reached between Lebanon and Israel in Washington. Both Hezbollah and Berri have rejected that agreement.