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Thursday, October 21, 2021
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Thursday, October 21, 2021
US mediator: If Israel-Lebanon border talks renew, they have to conclude quickly
Then-US vice president Joe Biden (left) talks with State Department Special Envoy for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein during the Caribbean Energy Security Summit, at the State Department in Washington, DC, on January 26, 2015. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
Israel-Lebanon talks over maritime border demarcation must be completed within a short period if they are to succeed, the US mediator seeking to renew the negotiations says.
Senior adviser for energy security Amos Hochstein tells Al Hadath TV during a visit to Beirut that resolving the matter would help “alleviate Lebanon’s power shortage by allowing it to develop its offshore gas resources,” according to Reuters.
