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News ID: 80043
Publish Date : 29 June 2020 - 21:50

Zionist Regime’s Oil, Gas Exploration in Disputed Area ‘Dangerous’: Lebanon President

BEIRUT (Dispatches) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun said Monday that the Zionist regime’s decision to start oil and gas exploration in the disputed area with Lebanon near Block 9 is "dangerous,” a statement by the presidency reported.
"This will complicate the situation further as Lebanon will not allow any violations of its internationally recognized territorial waters especially in the Exclusive Economic Zone where Block 9, which will be explored by Lebanon within a month, is located,” Aoun said during his meeting with Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church Youssef el Absi.
The Zionist regime’s cabinet announced a day earlier that it has approved oil and gas exploration in the area, raising concerns among the Lebanese about the possibility of an armed conflict between the two sides.
Lebanon has an unresolved maritime dispute with the occupying regime that involves a triangular sea area of about 860 square km extending along the edge of three of its 10 offshore energy blocks.
The United States mediated between Lebanon and the occupying regime to end the dispute but failed to reach any positive results.
The Zionist regime relies heavily on gas. It has long been developing a number of offshore gas deposits in the Mediterranean Sea.