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Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks postponed, officials of both the sides confirmed
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BEIRUT, 30 November 2020, (TON): The talks which were scheduled for Wednesday, 1st December between Lebanon and Israel have been postponed until further notice, a Lebanese security source and an Israeli officials said confirmed.
Long-time enemies Israel and Lebanon commenced the negotiations in October this year with delegations convening at a UN Base to try to resolve a dispute about their maritime border that has held up hydrocarbon exploration in the potentially gas-rich area.
The Lebanese security source said the reason for the delay was Israel’s rejection of Lebanese proposals.
Lebanese team has spelled out that the demarcation line should be start from the land point of RasNaqoura as defined under a 1923 agreement and extend seaward in a trajectory up to the area of some 2,300 square km from around 860 sq km.
These Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks are the culmination of three years of diplomacy by Washington, which were scheduled to resume in December 2020.
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