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Lebanese President Michel Aoun, right, meets with US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale, center, and, US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea, left, at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, April 15, 2021. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Official Government via AP)
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun Thursday demanded Israel halt all exploration in an offshore gas field on its southern border, as part of an ongoing dispute over their shared sea frontier.
The countries, which are still technically at war, last year took part in indirect US-brokered talks to discuss demarcation to clear the way for offshore oil and gas exploration.