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The third trading session ended on October 29, without announcing any results..
Lebanon’s National Media Agency said the third round of indirect negotiations took place amid tight security measures taken by the Lebanese army in the border city of Naqoura..
The sessions take place at a border post of the United Nations force in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL), away from the media and amid extreme secrecy..
Lebanon insists on the purely technical nature of the indirect talks, aimed exclusively at demarcating the maritime borders, while Israel talks about direct negotiations..
In 2018, Lebanon signed the first contract to explore for gas and oil in two strips of its territorial waters, one of which is located, known as Block No. 9, in the part in dispute with Israel, and therefore Lebanon has no other option to work in this area except after marking the borders..
The National Agency reported that the Lebanese delegation was pregnant "Maps and damning documents showing points of disagreement and Israel’s violation of Lebanese right to annex part of Block 9".
The negotiations concern a maritime area that extends to about 860 square kilometers, according to a map sent in 2011 to the United Nations, and Lebanon later considered it based on false estimates..
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“Representatives of the governments of Israel and Lebanon held fruitful talks with the mediation of the United States, under the auspices of the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Affairs,” the United States Department of State said in a statement.
The statement added: “We still hope that these negotiations will lead to a long-awaited solution. The two sides pledged to continue negotiations in early December.”
On Wednesday, the Naqoura region of southern Lebanon ended a fourth round of indirect negotiations between the Lebanese and Israeli delegations to demarcate the maritime borders between the two countries.
So far, no agreement has been reached on the starting point of the demarcation, as the two parties raised their demands during the last three rounds of negotiations.
Negotiations began in an opening session on October 14 between the two countries, which are theoretically at war.
Lebanon and Israel aspire to share oil resources in territorial waters, after years of mediation undertaken by Washington.
The third trading session ended on October 29, without announcing any results..
Lebanon’s National Media Agency said the third round of indirect negotiations took place amid tight security measures taken by the Lebanese army in the border city of Naqoura..
The sessions take place at a border post of the United Nations force in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL), away from the media and amid extreme secrecy..
Lebanon insists on the purely technical nature of the indirect talks, aimed exclusively at demarcating the maritime borders, while Israel talks about direct negotiations..
In 2018, Lebanon signed the first contract to explore for gas and oil in two strips of its territorial waters, one of which is located, known as Block No. 9, in the part in dispute with Israel, and therefore Lebanon has no other option to work in this area except after marking the borders..
The National Agency reported that the Lebanese delegation carried “irrefutable maps and documents showing points of disagreement and the violation by Israel of the Lebanese right to annex part of Block 9.”“.
The negotiations concern a maritime area that extends to about 860 square kilometers, according to a map sent in 2011 to the United Nations, and Lebanon later considered it based on false estimates..
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