Military officials from Israel and Lebanon held what U.S. officials described as “productive” talks at the Pentagon on Friday, marking the first known meeting between military representatives of the two countries in decades.

The discussions were hosted by Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s second-highest-ranking official, as part of a security track aimed at supporting ongoing peace negotiations between Israel and Lebanon.

In a statement posted on X, Colby said the delegations engaged in “productive military-to-military discussions” that would help shape a diplomatic track led by the U.S. Department of State in the coming week.

“Today at the Pentagon, I hosted military delegations from Israel and Lebanon for the security track supporting the ongoing peace talks between their two countries,” Colby wrote. “We held productive military-to-military discussions which will inform the Department of State-led political track next week.”