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Muhammad Choucair wrote in Asharq Al-Awsat: An informed political source said that there is no escape from adopting the correlation between the demarcation of land and sea borders, and addressing it as the basis for the start of negotiations between Lebanon and Israel under the auspices of the United Nations and with the US mediation, in order to reach an agreement to resolve the dispute in the region. The navy was fighting between the two countries. He assured Al-Sharq Al-Awsat that he supports the position of the Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, in this regard, when he announced the framework agreement to start negotiations on 14 October at UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura.
The political source attributed the reason to the existing disagreement between Lebanon and Israel over the size of the disputed maritime area, and believed that a solution to this conflict would not be achieved unless there was an agreement that the demarcation of the maritime borders would start from land borders in Ras al-Naqoura. Especially since the reason for determining the maritime zone is related to the fact that Lebanon proposes that the maritime demarcation be carried out from the land demarcation line, in exchange for Israel adhering to another line.
The same source revealed that the dispute between Lebanon and Israel over the land departure point for the demarcation of maritime borders led to the ongoing dispute over the determination of an area of 860 square kilometers, which is still the subject of dispute in the marine area. which delays the exploration of gas from Lebanon, and said that the negotiations will not be based on the line that was was drawn up by the American mediator, Frederick Hof, who was withdrawn from circulation when the former United States ambassador to Lebanon David Satterfield and the current ambassador to Turkey tried to mediate a solution to the maritime dispute.
He noted that the mission of the new US mediator, the Under Secretary of State for Near East Affairs, David Schenker, will start from scratch as soon as the indirect negotiations begin, and asked: will he come to convince the two countries after a long time and will he respond in Your agreement to the line that you will draw and that is supposed to be named after you? Or will you have to cut back on time while you wait for the US presidential election? Although Iran is not in the process of opposing US mediation.
The political source confirmed that Berri did not give the green light to start negotiations when announcing the political contents of the framework agreement, except after he agreed with his ally “Hezbollah” on the mechanism he proposed in this regard, which received the approval of President Michel Aoun , and said his ally did not object. It allowed him to block the way for those trying to overcome him in the Shiite arena, as negotiations to recover Lebanese wealth at sea will be supported by most of the main parties, whether in opposition or loyalty.
The political source quoted the European parties that follow the path traveled by the clash between the United States and Iran as saying that Tehran is not in the process of opposing the start of the negotiations, so the red card will not be published in view of the framework agreement. that Berri announced in preparation for the start of negotiations, for the first time with the approval of the “Shiite bilateral” that was assigned. To the President of the Council to delineate the political lines of these negotiations.
And he considered that the next Naqoura negotiations could be the other side of the negotiations taking place under the table between Tehran and Washington, even from the angle of the desire of the Iranian leaders to give Trump a positive position, by not opposing them. negotiations, perhaps establishing a post-election phase in the United States if he is reelected. Especially because he promised to resume negotiations between the two countries.
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