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Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Energy minister meets with US negotiator over Lebanese maritime talks
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Energy Minister Karine Elharrar meets with US Ambassador John Desrocher, who is serving as the American mediator in the indirect talks between Israel and Lebanon on their disputed maritime border.
“Despite Israel’s strong legal case, we are ready to consider creative solutions to bring this issue to an end,” Elharrar, who took office this week, tells Desrocher of the ongoing indirect negotiations between Lebanon and Israel.
Israel and Lebanon have no diplomatic relations and are technically in a state of war. They each claim about 860 square kilometers (330 square miles) of the Mediterranean Sea as being within their own exclusive economic zones.
The US has been mediating the issue for about a decade, but only late last year was a breakthrough reached on an agreement for a framework for US-mediated talks. The talks began in October but stopped a few weeks later.
The Times of Israel Community.