The news media quoted President Michel Aoun, who refuted accusations of an alleged withdrawal of Lebanese positions in a negotiation with the Tel Aviv regime.

Aoun’s statements take place while a four-to-six-week deadline the United States gave to Lebanon regarding suggestions in the border dispute is elapsing.

Sources quoted by Naharnet refer that US envoy Amos Hochstein offered a little more than the demarcation designed in 2012 by Frederic Hof, although less than Beirut’s demands.

Israel and Lebanon resumed negotiations on a maritime border dispute in late 2020, but they were suspended by a rectification Beirut requested regarding a map presented by the United Nation.

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