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Lebanon, Israel resume sea border talks

Negotiations over their disputed Mediterranean maritime boundary broke down last year, but Lebanon and Israel are giving it a shot again.
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Lebanon and Israel resumed negotiations on their disputed maritime border today.

The indirect talks began in the morning and lasted five hours, the deliberations mediated by the United Nations and the United States. Lebanese officials brought the US delegation to the southern city of Naqoura, where the talks took place near UN and Lebanese army-controlled areas, the Lebanese state’s official National News Agency reported.

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