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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 will take place at a United Nations force southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) border post, 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 areas 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 marine 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 erroneous estimates.
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In the fourth round, the Israeli delegation is expected to present its proposal for the demarcation of the maritime borders with Lebanon, in response to the Lebanese proposal presented in recent sessions.
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 will take place at a United Nations force southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) border post, 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 areas 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 Israel’s violation of the Lebanese right to annex part of Block 9.”
The negotiations concern a marine area that extends to some 860 square kilometers, according to a map sent in 2011 to the United Nations, and Lebanon later considered it based on erroneous estimates.
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