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The Lebanese Presidency denies the Israeli Energy Minister’s accusations that Lebanon has changed its positions seven times with respect to maritime border demarcation negotiations, and claims that these accusations are “unfounded”.
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The fifth round of indirect negotiations is supposed to take place next month.
The Lebanese presidential information office denied on Friday that Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz has accused Beirut of changing its position on the maritime borders.
The statement from the Lebanese presidency said that the Israeli Energy Minister’s words about changing the Lebanese position seven times were “unfounded”.
The statement stated that “Lebanon’s position is consistent, in accordance with the directives of President Michel Aoun to the Lebanese delegation negotiating with the occupation.”
The Israeli Energy Minister announced on his Twitter page that “Lebanon has changed its position seven times with respect to its maritime borders with Israel.”
Steinitz added that “his current position not only contradicts his previous positions, but also contradicts Lebanon’s position on the maritime border with Syria, which takes into account the Lebanese islands close to the border.”
The fourth round of indirect negotiations to demarcate the borders between Lebanon and “Israel”, which was held on the Ras al-Naqoura border on November 11, under the auspices of the United Nations, was described by the United States government and the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator in Lebanon, Jan Kubis, as “fruitful”. The new round will take place next month.
During the negotiations, Lebanon adhered to its maritime rights and refused to relinquish them in favor of “Israel.” He presented documents, documents and maps at the negotiating table that prove his right to the borders of his marine waters.
Lebanese negotiators also subscribed to a demand for an increase of 1,430 kilometers over the 860 kilometers, which means that half of the “Karish” field belongs to Lebanon.
The first round of negotiations took place on October 14, where the head of the Lebanese delegation, Brigadier General Bassam Yassin, praised the care that the Lebanese president gives to the indirect technical negotiation file, and the role of the president of the Parliament, Nabih Berri, to “deliver this file to its conclusions, in terms of launching the negotiation process.” “.
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