Lebanon’s Deputy Speaker Calls for Talks with Syria to Demarcate Maritime Border

Deputy Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Elias Bou Saab (AFP)

Lebanon’s Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab has called for communicating “directly and publicly” with Damascus to delineate the maritime border between Lebanon and Syria, following a recent border demarcation agreement with Israel.

“The Lebanese government must engage directly and publicly with the Syrian government... and publicly demarcate our sea border,” Bou Saab told AFP in an interview.