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

Lebanon to Send Remarks on US Draft on Maritime Border with Israel

Lebanese President Michel Aoun meets with Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, at the presidential palace in Baabda Lebanon October 3, 2022. (Dalati & Nohra)

Lebanon will send its comments on a US proposal to delineate its maritime border with longtime foe Israel to the American official mediating talks by Tuesday, a top Lebanese official said on Monday.

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 Hezbollah party in Lebanon.

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