On the other hand, he said Lebanon’s chief negotiator Elias Bou Saab The Lebanese President Michel Aoun Sign a letter approving the historic agreement you brokered United State Draws the maritime border of his country with Israel.
Speaking from the presidential palace, he added that the letter’s signature represents "new era" And that the message will be delivered to American officials at a border point in the far south Lebanon in Naqoura later Thursday.
Israeli government statement
A statement from the office of Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said that the government agreed to a historic agreement to demarcate the maritime borders with Lebanon, which was brokered by the United States.
The agreement resolves a regional dispute in the eastern Mediterranean in an area where Lebanon aims to explore for natural gas, and near waters where Israel has found quantities suitable for commercial use.
The agreement is an unprecedented settlement between the two enemy countries, opens the way for energy exploration at sea, defuses one of the potential sources of conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah, and might ease the economic crisis in Lebanon.
And the discovery of energy resources in the sea, although not sufficient on its own to solve Lebanon’s deep economic problems, would be a huge boon as it would provide much-needed hard currency and might one day ease the stifling power cuts.
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Lapid said at the start of the cabinet meeting to approve the agreement: “This is a political achievement. Not every day an enemy country recognizes the State of Israel in a written agreement before the entire international community.”
He added that Maritime Agreement with Lebanon A diplomatic and economic achievement.
On the other hand, he said Lebanon’s chief negotiator Elias Bou Saab The Lebanese President Michel Aoun Sign a letter approving the historic agreement you brokered United State Draws the maritime border of his country with Israel.
Speaking from the presidential palace, he added that signing the letter represented a “new era” and that the letter would be delivered to US officials at a border point in the far south. Lebanon in Naqoura later Thursday.
Israeli government statement
A statement from the office of Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said that the government agreed to a historic agreement to demarcate the maritime borders with Lebanon, which was brokered by the United States.
The agreement resolves a regional dispute in the eastern Mediterranean in an area where Lebanon aims to explore for natural gas, and near waters where Israel has found quantities suitable for commercial use.
The agreement is an unprecedented settlement between the two enemy countries, opens the way for energy exploration at sea, defuses one of the potential sources of conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah, and might ease the economic crisis in Lebanon.
And the discovery of energy resources in the sea, although not sufficient on its own to solve Lebanon’s deep economic problems, would be a huge boon as it would provide much-needed hard currency and might one day ease the stifling power cuts.
