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Faced with Israel, Lebanon unable to defend its maritime borders

2022-06-05T16:46:05.407Z


INVESTIGATION – A dispute opposes since 2011 the country of Cedar to Israel. The borders claimed by the Jewish state encroach 860 kilometers on the maritime space claimed by Lebanon. Beirut's amateurism prevents it from advancing its positions.


Beirut

The deep-sea drillship chartered by the international oil company Energean left its port of Singapore in early May and should arrive shortly at its destination, the Karish gas field located on the border between Israel and Lebanon.

"This arrival consecrates the Lebanese fiasco in terms of defending its maritime borders

", indignantly says energy expert Laury Haytayan, who, on Twitter, daily counts down the days remaining for the Lebanese authorities to react.

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The Qadisha Valley in Lebanon, bastion of faith

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As soon as the extraction of gas begins

(planned by Energean in three months, editor's note)

Lebanon will lose a trump card against Israel

", estimates Michel Ghazal, consultant to the Lebanese team delegated in October 2020 to conduct talks indirect links with Israel, at the Nakoura border post, under the aegis of the UN and the United States.

The Lebanese delegation then announced that it was claiming a new border line - line 29 - crossing the Karish field.

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Source: lefigaro

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