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The third round of technical negotiations on the demarcation of the maritime borders between Lebanon and Israel took place on Wednesday under the auspices of the United Nations and US mediation, without announcing any progress since its launch in the middle of last month.
The two delegations met for hours at a United Nations Force in South Lebanon (UNIFIL) border point in the city of Naqoura, in the presence of United Nations representatives and an American diplomat who is facilitating negotiations between two countries that They are at war and aspire to share oil resources in regional waters, and the meeting agreed to hold a new session on the 2nd of next month.
In 2018, Lebanon signed the first contract to explore gas and oil in two areas of its territorial waters, one of which, known as Block No. 9, is located in the part disputed with Israel. Consequently, Lebanon has no option to operate in this territory except after the borders are demarcated.
How are the discussion sessions between the two parties conducted under the auspices of the United Nations and American mediation? What distinguished the rounds of negotiations?
What are the points of contention?
Is Lebanon’s agreement to enter into these negotiations a prelude to normalization?
To answer these and other questions in today’s episode of Window on the World,
Media presenter Samira and the Prophet
– Dr. Ziad Al-Sayegh, Lebanese political analyst from Beirut
– And Dr. Khattar Abu Diab, political analyst at Monte Carlo International, here in Paris.
