Lebanon, Israel announce US-mediated talks over sea border

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Lebanon, Israel announce US-mediated talks over sea border

Israel and Lebanon are still technically at war, and a United Nations force is tasked with monitoring a ceasefire. BEIRUT: Lebanon and Israel have reached an agreement on a framework of indirect, US-mediated talks over a longstanding disputed maritime border between the two countries, the parties announced on Thursday .

“We are hoping to start direct negotiations in the near future. Our presumptive goal is to arrive at a peaceful resolution on the matter of the Exclusive Economic Zone bordering between Israel and Lebanon in a way that benefits both neighbouring nations," Steinitz said in a statement.Israel and Lebanon have no diplomatic relations and are technically in a state of war. They each claim about 860 sq km of the Mediterranean Sea as within their own exclusive economic zones.

The United States has been mediating between Lebanon and Israel since 2010 until a breakthrough was reached in July on the framework for the indirect talks, according to Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who announced the deal on Thursday.

 

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