BAABDA/JERUSALEM - Israeli and Lebanese leaders signed a landmark US-brokered agreement on their maritime boundary on Thursday.
A handover ceremony of less-senior delegations is set to take place at the UN peacekeeping base in Naqoura along the border. After meeting Lebanon’s speaker of parliament Nabih Berri, Amos Hochstein, the US envoy who mediated the negotiation, told reporters he expects the agreement to hold even amid changes in leadership in both countries.
While Lebanon and Israel have both voiced satisfaction with having settled a dispute peacefully, prospects for a wider diplomatic breakthrough appear remote.
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