Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah
Beirut: The Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, said, on Saturday, that Lebanon is facing crucial days in the file of demarcating the maritime borders with the “Israeli enemy.”
Nasrallah pointed out in a televised speech broadcast by local media that Lebanon officially received the proposal to address the file is a very important step, noting that it comes following months of political, field and media struggle.
And on Saturday, Lebanese President Michel Aoun, Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri received US Ambassador Dorothy Shea, American proposal About the demarcation of the maritime border with Israel.
Nasrallah said, “We are facing crucial days in this file, and it will become clear in the coming days what position officials in the state will take on this file, and we hope that the outcome will be good.”
He considered that “if a good result is reached, this will open great (economic) and promising prospects for the Lebanese people.”
Nasrallah added, “We have a treasure and we cannot wait for aid from abroad, in light of the suffering of many countries from difficult conditions, including European countries.”
The statements of the Lebanese officials did not give details regarding the content of the message, but Mikati had previously announced on September 22 last that “tangible progress” had been made in the border demarcation negotiations.
Lebanon and Israel are quarreling over a sea rich in oil and gas in the Mediterranean, with an area of 860 square kilometers, and the United States is mediating indirect negotiations between them to settle the dispute and demarcate the border.
In another context, Nasrallah said that “the last presidential election session (Thursday) confirmed that no single party has a majority in Parliament.”
He added that the session “stressed the necessity of consultation between the political forces in the next stage to reach an agreement on the option of a (president) who would have a majority in the parliament.”
and Thursday, Parliament failed In the election of a successor to the President of the Republic, Michel Aoun (Hezbollah’s ally), following 63 deputies voted with a blank paper out of 122 who attended the session out of 128 deputies.
(Anatolia)