INVESTIGATION – A dispute opposes since 2011 the country of Cedar to Israel. The borders claimed by the Jewish state encroach 860 kilometers on the maritime space claimed by Lebanon. Beirut’s amateurism prevents it from advancing its positions.
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The deepwater production platform chartered by the international oil company Energean left its port of Singapore in early May and should arrive shortly at its destination, the Karish gas field located on the border between Israel and Lebanon. “This arrival consecrates the Lebanese fiasco in terms of defending its maritime borders“, indignantly energy expert Laury Haytayan, who, on Twitter, daily counts the days remaining for the Lebanese authorities to react.
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«As soon as gas extraction begins (planned by Energean in three months, editor’s note) Lebanon will lose a trump card to Israel“Said Michel Ghazal, consultant to the Lebanese team delegated in October 2020 to conduct indirect talks with Israel, at the Nakoura border post, under the aegis of the UN and the United States. The Lebanese delegation then announced that it was claiming a new border line – line 29 – crossing the Karish field. “
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