Report: Hochstein dismisses 'baseless' reports on demarcation talks

The team following up on the sea border negotiations in Lebanon has heard from U.S. mediator Amon Hochstein “a categorical refutation of everything that has been circulated in the Lebanese, Arab and even Israeli media outlets” in recent days, al-Jadeed TV said on Saturday.

A Lebanese news website had recently published a report claiming that a negative atmosphere is engulfing the negotiations and that Hochstein had heard an Israeli rejection of the latest Lebanese proposal.

“Hochstein has told Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab that these reports are fake news and baseless,” al-Jadeed added.