Israel and Lebanon struck a US-brokered maritime border agreement Thursday that opens up lucrative offshore gas fields for the neighbors that remain technically at war.
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Israel's Energy Ministry Director General Lior Schillat delivers a statement at the border Rosh HaNikra crossing in northern Israel, known as Ras al-Naqura in Lebanon, following the signature of a maritime border deal between the two countries, on October 27, 2022. - Israel and Lebanon struck a US-brokered maritime border deal, the White House announced, paving the way for lucrative offshore gas extraction by the neighbors that remain technically at war. -- Photo: Jack Guez
2022-10-27 20:15:03
Israel and Lebanon struck a US-brokered maritime border agreement Thursday that opens up lucrative offshore gas fields for the neighbors that remain technically at war.
US President Joe Biden hailed the "historic" deal that comes as Western powers clamor to open up new energy production and reduce vulnerability to supply cuts from Russia.
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