Report: These are Lebanon's comments to the draft maritime agreement Israel today

The Lebanese newspaper "Al-Akhbar" close to Hezbollah reported this morning (Tuesday) that after examining the draft of the American agreement for delineating the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel, several comments were made.

This is after a review by the legal team in Beirut and the environment of Lebanese President Michel Aoun, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Nabia Berri and Prime Minister Najib Mikati. The Lebanese answer is expected to reach the American mediator Amos Hochstein by tomorrow.

According to the publication in "Al-Akhbar", these are Beirut's comments to the draft: First, Lebanon does not accept the anchoring of the buoy line near the coast.

That is, Israel's security zone and strives for this issue to remain open.

Second matter, Lebanon rejects the idea of ​​drawing land borders and will not negotiate its borders except with the United Nations to define the criteria of international borders. This matter also applies to the maritime border.

The agreement will be signed soon, photo: Eyal Margolin

In Beirut they also rejected the attempt to link the work of the French company Total with the agreement between Israel and Lebanon.

As I recall, a senior political official said that Israel is expected to conduct negotiations with the gas and oil companies regarding the level of compensation for its relative share of the Kana field - if and when a gas reservoir is found there.

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In addition, Lebanon refuses an official ceremony in the coastal town of Nakoura, where, over the years, the rounds of indirect negotiations have taken place, as the Israelis and the Americans are interested in. It is estimated that in the event of an agreement, Lebanon will sign a document that the head of the technical delegation will deliver to the UN representative in Nakoura in the mediator capacity the american

When this class is held in a separate room from the room of the Israeli delegation.

The maritime border with Lebanon.

The agreement will be signed soon, photo: Eyal Margolin

Meanwhile, the newspaper reported that the American mediator Hochstein threatened Lebanon during the talks that if it rejects the security zone near the coast, Israel will not sign an agreement.

However, it is claimed that in the latest draft of the agreement, the beginning of the maritime border was moved from point 31, which is 6-7 meters from the coast, to the last buoy, which is seven kilometers from the coast.

Sources described this as "preparation" for the security zone that Israel demands.

Al-Akhbar has learned that the status of this area has been postponed to a more advanced stage.

We will recall that in Israel we claimed that the security zone would be anchored within the framework of the agreement from an international point of view.

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