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Reuters Karamallah Therefore
The Lebanese delegation in charge of negotiating with Israel the demarcation of the maritime borders held a preparatory meeting on Saturday, headed by President Michel Aoun.
In a statement, the Lebanese Army confirmed that General Aoun received the delegation in his office in Yarzeh and “gave the basic guidelines for the launch of the negotiation process with the aim of demarcating the maritime borders from the line that starts from Ras Naqoura by land and spread by sea according to the midline technique without taking into account any impact on the coastal islands. For occupied Palestine, according to a study prepared by the Army Command in accordance with international law.
The “Agence France Presse” agency quoted a source from the Lebanese presidency as saying that the negotiators will meet early next week with the President of the Republic and then with the UN Secretary General Jan Kubic.
The delegation is made up of four members, two of them military and the other two civilians, Brigadier General Bassam Yassin, Colonel Mazen Basbous, technical expert Naguib Masih and the head of the Oil Sector Authority, Wissam Shabat.
According to Lebanese officials, the delegation will not negotiate directly with its Israeli counterpart, instead the dialogue will take place through the United Nations representative in a room, but Israel’s Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said the talks will be direct. .
Source: RT
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