“Israel”: Maritime Negotiations with Lebanon within Weeks

By Staff- Agencies

A senior “Israeli” official claimed Tuesday that US-mediated talks with Lebanon on setting maritime border issue is to be launched within weeks.

The “Israeli” source further claimed that a UN peacekeeper compound in southern Lebanon as a possible venue.

The United States, which has been sending a senior envoy on missions between Lebanon and the apartheid “Israeli” entity, also has not announced a date or venue.

According to the “Israeli” official: “Among the bridging proposals put forward by both sides was for international energy groups to carry out the first seismological survey of the disputed area.”

The senior “Israeli” official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Tuesday that “Israel” expects the negotiations "will begin already in the coming weeks."

The “Israeli” official said that if there were talks, they would address only the maritime border and not the land frontier.

“In the past 10 days of [US envoy David] Satterfield's shuttling between Israel and Lebanon a number of technical issues have been discussed, like the agreement that the talks will happen at the UN facility in Naqoura in southern Lebanon and with US mediation by Satterfield," the “Israeli” official said.