Vice-President of the Lebanese Parliament, Elias Bou Saab, announced that Lebanon has received the final draft of a US-brokered agreement to demarcate Maritime border with Israel Meet all requirements Lebanon It could soon lead to a “historic agreement”.
“If all goes well, the efforts of Amos Hockstein It could lead to a historic agreement. “
He was referring to the American broker Hochstein, who for months had been engaged in shuttle diplomacy between the two countries, trying to reach an agreement to delimit the common maritime border.
“We received minutes before the final draft … Lebanon felt it met all of Lebanon’s requirements and we believe the other side should feel the same way,” Bousaab said.
The official Israeli point of view on the latest draft of the agreement is not yet clear.
Earlier on Sunday, Lebanese President Michel Aoun said his country would receive the final version of the proposal to delimit its maritime borders with Israel within hours.
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He added that the American mediator informed him in a phone call that comments on the proposal had been identified. A statement released by the Lebanese presidency stated that “the Lebanese side will carefully study the final version of Hochstein’s proposal in preparation for making the appropriate decision.”
Last week, Israel rejected Lebanon’s last-minute changes to the draft agreement, casting doubt on years of diplomatic effort.
Officials from both countries have been in close contact through the American mediator in recent days in an effort to resolve existing differences.
Despite the limited scope of the agreement, it would facilitate security and economic concerns in both countries, which have a common history of conflict.
The agreement will resolve a territorial dispute in the eastern Mediterranean in an area where Lebanon aims to search for natural gas and near waters where Israel has found quantities suitable for commercial use.
