Israel Hayom via JNS
By Ariel Kahana
Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz says the Lebanese government has “changed its mind seven times”; Lebanese President Michel Aoun calls the claims “baseless.”
Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz and Lebanese President Michel Aoun traded barbs Sunday after the U.S.-mediated negotiations between the two countries on their disputed maritime border stalled.
Steinitz said that the Lebanese government has “changed its mind seven times” with regard to its position on the origins of the prospective border. “Its current position contradicts not only its previous stance but also Syria’s position on the matter,” he said, warning that Lebanon’s inflexibility would spell the end of the negotiations.
Aoun later called Steinitz’s claims “baseless,” saying that “Lebanon’s position on the matter stands.”
This article first appeared in Israel Hayom.
Caption: Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz at the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Oct. 29, 2017.
Photo by Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL.
