The Israeli channel: The expected signing date is next week (Al-Araby Al-Jadeed)
The Hebrew Channel (12) reported, on Sunday, that border demarcation agreement Between Lebanon and Israel, it will include an Israeli concession of a section within the sea, in exchange for a Lebanese concession of an area closer to the coast.
The Lebanese authorities did not issue any immediate comment on what was reported by the channel, which stated that “the Israeli security establishment is afraid of provoking (the Lebanese Hezbollah group) prior to the signing of the maritime agreement between Israel and Lebanon.”
The channel reported, “The details of the emerging agreement will include Israel’s abandoning a specific area in the deep sea, in exchange for Lebanon’s ceding an area closer to the coast.”
“Until the expected signing date next week, the region will remain on high security alert,” she said.
Lebanon and Israel are quarreling over a marine area rich in oil and gas in the Mediterranean with an area of 860 square kilometers, according to maps deposited by both parties to the United Nations, and the United States is mediating indirect negotiations to settle the dispute and delineate the maritime borders between them.
And “indirect” negotiations were launched between Beirut and Tel Aviv in October 2020, under the auspices of the United Nations, with the aim of demarcating the borders between the two sides. Five rounds of negotiations were held, the last of which was in May 2021.
(Anatolia)