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Israel says maritime talks with Lebanon to resume next week

The Israel Energy Ministry said talks would resume with its longtime foe over natural gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean.
Israeli navy vessels patrol the Mediterranean waters off the coast of Rosh Hanikra, an area at the border between Israel and Lebanon (Ras al-Naqura), as indirect talks on maritime borders between the two countries, still technically at war, resume under UN and US auspices, on May 4, 2021.

Israel and Lebanon are set to resume US-mediated negotiations next week aimed at resolving their decades-long maritime border dispute, Israel’s Energy Ministry said Wednesday. 

The ministry’s comment came after Lebanese President Michel Aoun said Wednesday that Lebanon was ready to continue talks over the potentially lucrative oil and gas resources in the eastern Mediterranean

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