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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Ready to Work With Cyprus on Potential Offshore Gas

Cyprus' foreign minister Ioannis Kasoulides, right, and his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib talk during their meeting at the foreign ministry house in Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, April 15, 2022. Bou Habib is in Cyprus for one-day visit. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Lebanon is ready to work with Cyprus to exploit potential gas deposits in waters between the two east Mediterranean countries, Lebanon’s top diplomat said Friday, even though a deal on offshore rights hasn’t been formally finalized.

Cyprus and Lebanon signed an agreement delineating their respective offshore exclusive economic zones in 2007, but the Lebanese parliament has yet to ratify it amid the country’s ongoing maritime border dispute with Israel.

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