Foreign Ministry Expects Israel Border Talks to Begin within 2 Weeks
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The Lebanese Foreign Ministry expects the Lebanese-Israeli negotiations over the demarcation of the land and maritime borders to kick off within two weeks, ministry sources said.
U.S. envoy David “Satterfield told Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil that he carried Lebanon's viewpoint to Israel and that the latter has agreed to Lebanon's demand that the demarcation of the land and maritime borders be held simultaneously,” the sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Wednesday.
Expecting the negotiations to begin “withing two weeks,” the sources said “the agenda of these talks and the U.N.'s role and level of representation are being currently discussed.”
“The meeting between Bassil and Satterfield was more than positive and the vision that the President reflected in his letter is on the right track,” the sources added.
Satterfield had returned Tuesday to Beirut with Israeli responses to the Lebanese proposals.
He held talks with President Michel Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil and Army Commander General Joseph Aoun.
29 May 2019, 13:45
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If everyboby left them alone now, they could close themselves off in a room and reach agreement on both land and maritime problems within 48 hours.
They could almost certainly reach a peace agreement within a week.
29 May 2019, 15:07
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Phillippo. We cant reach a peace agreement if israel doesnt take back the pals. If it does, everything else is negotiable.
Simple. Pals do not belong in lebanon, they belong in palestine. Let them go make their camps in west f... bank!!! Why are they in my country after 70 years?
29 May 2019, 17:52
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Did the millions of Indian and Pakistani refugees in 1947-8 return after the partition. No, they settled in their new homelands.
Did the hundreds of thousands of refugees at the end of World War II return after the peace. No, they settled in their new homelands.
Did the hundreds of thousands of refugees at the end of the Vietnam War return after the peace. No, they settled in their new homelands.
So why should those few remaining alive from the 1948 Israel-Arab States War be any different?
If according to official statistics there are 170,000 in Lebanon, less than 5% of these are actual refugees, over 71 years old, who left their homes. The rest are children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of refugees not refugees themselves.
29 May 2019, 15:09
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Sos. Partially true. But i dont think israel would recognize our right to exist if it werent for the hezbollah terrorist militia weapons.
Israel is a bully. Dont forget.
29 May 2019, 17:57
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Remember, in the late 1980's Israel and Lebanon reach an agreement which when it was taken back to Beirut was torn up by your then Syrian occupiers.
So both sides have lost the possibility of 30+ years of peace.
By the way, Lebanon first, even in 1948 Israel did not occupy a single square centimeter of sovereign Lebanese territory, and signed a cease fire with an independent Government of Lebanon almost 40 years before Hezbollah Terrorist Movement came into existance. So your claim that Israel wouldn't recognise the right of Lebanon to exist is completely false.
29 May 2019, 16:01
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Personally, I think our biggest biggest challenge is Syria of Assad. After that, Iran. Israel is a solid number 3...
30 May 2019, 00:46
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Why do you think that Israel wants to bully Lebanon? Israel reached peace treaties with Jordan and Egypt without having to bully them. Find the proposed agreement from the late 1980's and you'll find that it refers to two equal imndependent countries.
11 December 2019, 22:18
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America's foothold in Lebanon guarantees Jewish influence. America should be kicked out or burned out
