Deputy Chairman of the Government Council of Hezbollah Sheikh Ali Damoush referred to as for Lebanon to not settle for the settlement to demarcate maritime borders that don’t assure full Lebanese sovereignty, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported on Friday.
Damoush introduced in a press release: “We reject all types of normalisation of ties with the enemy. It isn’t acceptable that the Lebanese settle for any proposal, beneath American strain, for the demarcation of maritime borders that don’t respect Lebanese gasoline and gasoline rights.”
He accused the US administration of being the: “Greatest cheater, terror sponsor and supporter of corrupt and dictatorships across the globe.”
In keeping with Damoush, the US: “Interferes within the inside affairs of the nations and practices extortion on the totally different states with a view to impose its personal situations.”
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Damoush indicated that the US administration is attempting to impose its situations by means of its envoy, who mediates the talks between Lebanon and Israel on the demarcation of maritime borders.
He accused the US administration of ignoring democratic values to attain its personal pursuits.
These remarks got here following a proposal put down by US Senior Advisor for World Power Safety Amos Hochstein.
In 2020, Lebanon reached a framework settlement on the demarcation of maritime borders mediated by the US and beneath the patronage of the United Nations.
Lebanon and Israel have so far held five rounds of oblique negotiations on the demarcation of maritime borders.
