US Energy Envoy, Amos Hochstein, arrived in Beirut on Monday for talks with Lebanese officials on a maritime border dispute with Israel over the development of a gas field, Reuters reports. Lebanon.
On Wednesday, Lebanon's president was handed a written offer from US Energy Envoy Amos Hoschstein to resolve the maritime dispute between Beirut and Tel Aviv.
The New Arab has learned that the latest proposal in the Lebanese-Israeli maritime talks is to negotiate a "resource-swap" rather than demarcate the maritime boundaries through a geographical line.
US Energy Envoy, Amos Hochstein has said the gaps have narrowed between Lebanon and Israel regarding maritime border demarcation."There is an opportunity today. We can reach an agreement, but we will not conclude it ourselves, as Lebanon .