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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Kareem Chehayeb

Lebanon to invite US to mediate Israel maritime border talks

Lebanese officials were angered when a ship arrived in disputed waters to produce gas for Israel [File: Ari Rabinovitch/Reuters]

Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanon has agreed to call on the United States to resume mediating indirect maritime border talks, after a ship arrived in disputed waters to produce gas for Israel.

President Michel Aoun and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met on Monday and agreed to invite United States senior energy adviser and mediator Amos Hochstein to Beirut.

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