Reports from Lebanon and Israel indicate that the two countries, which do not have diplomatic relations, are in the process of reaching an agreement on the demarcation of the maritime border between them.
Israel’s National Security Adviser, Eyal Holata, has said that all of his government’s demands in the maritime border negotiations with Lebanon have been met.
Holata added in a statement that all of Israel’s security interests have been preserved, noting that his country is on the verge of completing a historic agreement.
In Lebanon, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Elias Bou Saab, announced that the file of demarcating the maritime borders between Lebanon and Israel has been completed and has become the responsibility of the President of the Republic, who will meet today, Tuesday, with the Prime Minister and the Speaker of Parliament to discuss it.
Bou Saab, one of the most important negotiators in the file demarcation of the border with Israel, considered that Lebanon had obtained its demands and that the agreement was fair.
Lebanon and Israel are quarreling over a sea rich in oil and gas in the Mediterranean, with an area of 860 square kilometers, and Washington is mediating indirect negotiations between them to settle the dispute and demarcate the border.
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