Israel and Lebanon to resume maritime border talks - report
Lebanon s President Michel Aoun has reportedly agreed to allow negotiations to resume over the disputed water, with US mediation.
Negotiations between Israel and Lebanon over their disputed maritime border will resume next week, Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar reports. According to the report, US representatives including US Ambassador in Lebanon Dorothy Shea have told Lebanon s President Michel Aoun that Israel agrees to return to the talks next Tuesday. Aoun is scheduled to meet with the senior military figures who were conducting the talks, which were broken off last fall because of opposition from Hezbollah.
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