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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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Thursday, October 13, 2022
Lebanese president officially declares backing for maritime border deal with Israel
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In this Thursday, October 20, 2016, file photo, Christian leader Michel Aoun speaks to journalists after former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri endorsed him for Lebanese president, in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon's parliament has elected Michel Aoun, a former army commander and strong ally of Hezbollah, as president, ending a more than two-year vacuum in the country's top post. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
Lebanese President Michel Aoun officially announces that Beirut has agreed to the US-brokered maritime border deal between Lebanon and Israel.
“I hope the end of these negotiations will represent a promising beginning that lays the cornerstone for economic revival,” he is quoted as saying by the Naharnet news site.
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