US envoy: Potential progress in Lebanon-Israel border talks

By BASSEM MROUE
Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s president has presented suggestions regarding the disputed maritime border with Israel to the U.S. envoy mediating between the two countries. Amos Hochstein’s meetings in Beirut on Tuesday followed an invitation by the Lebanese government after Israel set up a gas rig at its designated location at the Karish field. Israel says the field is part of its exclusive economic zone while Lebanon insists it is in a disputed area. Israel and Lebanon, which have been officially at war since Israel’s creation in 1948, both claim some 860 square kilometers (330 square miles) of the Mediterranean Sea.