Israel, Lebanon to sign maritime border deal tomorrow after cabinet approval

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

An Israeli soldier stands near the fence on the Israeli border with Lebanon in Rosh Hanikra , October 14, 2022. (AP Photo/ Tsafrir Abayov)
An Israeli soldier stands near the fence on the Israeli border with Lebanon in Rosh Hanikra , October 14, 2022. (AP Photo/ Tsafrir Abayov)

The signing ceremony for the maritime boundary agreement between Israel and Lebanon is slated to take place tomorrow at 3 p.m. local time at the UN base in Naqoura, the Prime Minister’s Office announces.

The cabinet still has to approve the deal at its 10:30 a.m. meeting in Jerusalem, but is expected to do so overwhelmingly.

Prime Minister Yair Lapid will sign the agreement in his office at noon, then the Israeli negotiating team will take part in the afternoon ceremony along with a Lebanese delegation, US special envoy Amos Hochstein, and UN officials.

It remains unclear whether Israeli and Lebanese officials will sit in the same room at any stage of the signing ceremony.

The Israeli team will make a statement to the press at 5 p.m. Hochstein will travel to Jerusalem for a 7 p.m. meeting with Lapid.

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