Lebanon expects US mediator offer for maritime border with Israel within days
Lebanon expects US mediator offer for maritime border with Israel within days
US mediator Amos Hochstein has been shuttling between Lebanon and Israel in a bid to forge a compromise over the maritime boundary that would allow both to explore offshore energy reserves.
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A deal would ensure that both Lebanon and Israel could explore offshore energy reserves [Getty]
Lebanon expects a written offer from US mediator Amos Hochstein concerning the demarcation of a maritime border with Israel by the end of the week, Lebanon's presidency tweeted on Monday.
Lebanon's deputy speaker of parliament Elias Bou Saab met with Hochstein last week during a visit to New York and briefed President Michel Aoun on the outcome, the presidency added.
Hochstein has been shuttling between Lebanon and Israel - enemy states with a history of conflict - in a bid to forge a compromise over the maritime boundary that would allow both to explore offshore energy reserves.
A deal would defuse one potential source of conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah, both of which have threatened war over the dispute.
(Reuters)
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