Aoun: We refuse Israeli threats
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Lebanon will give the US delegation a written proposal on the maritime border demarcation.
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Lebanese President Michel Aoun (AFP)
A Lebanese official source said Beirut will for the first time present a written proposal to the US delegation regarding the border demarcation with "Israel", which has the approval of Lebanon's President, Prime Minister, and Speaker.
The source told Sputnik that the main point in Lebanon's written response is that it is based on the country's right to fully invest in the Qana field, and its refusal to relinquish any of it.
The fact that Lebanon holds a united position vis-a-vis the demarcation for the first time is in itself most of the victory, because differences on the matter have threatened to waste Lebanon's chances.
Lebanese President: We refuse "Israel's" threats
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun asserted that Beirut refuses "Israel's" threats, and holds firm to the return to indirect negotiations with the occupation.
Aoun tweeted on Monday that Lebanon refuses the threats of the Israeli enemy, who is behaving in violation of international law.
الرئيس عون: نرفض تهديدات العدو الاسرائيلي الذي يتصرف خلافاً للقوانين وللقرارات الدولية
— Lebanese Presidency (@LBpresidency) June 13, 2022
He further added that there is no relation between the talks on border demarcation with "Israel", the import of gas and electricity from Egypt and Jordan, or negotiations with the IMF.
On Saturday, Aoun and Lebanese PM Najib Mikati discussed the issue of the demarcation of the maritime borders with the Israeli occupation to move negotiations forward.
A vessel operated by the London-based Energean arrived to develop a gas field known as Karish, which Lebanon says lies within a contested area.
The contested area is at the epicenter of the issue, and it drove Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah to urge the Israeli occupation to take its equipment out of the Mediterranean Sea "swiftly and immediately", warning against the repercussions that would stem from any violations of Lebanon's territorial integrity.
