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

Lebanon Suggests Amendments to Maritime Border Deal with Israel

Lebanon's Deputy parliament speaker Elias Bou Saab speaks at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon October 3, 2022. (Dalati & Nohra)

Lebanon has submitted to the United States a list of changes it would like to see in a proposal on how to delineate a contested maritime border with Israel, a top Lebanese official said on Tuesday.

US envoy Amos Hochstein has shuttled between Lebanon and Israel since 2020 to seal a deal that would pave the way for offshore energy exploration and defuse a potential source of conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah.

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