Lebanon delivers signed sea border deal to U.S. mediator
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In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Aoun, right, receives from U.S. Envoy for Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein, the U.S.-brokered deal setting a maritime border between Lebanon and Israel, at the presidential palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Lebanon signed and delivered its copy of a U.S.-mediated sea border deal with Israel on Thursday to a U.S. mediator, hoping to soon start exploring gas in its southern maritime blocs to bring economic stability to the crisis-ridden country. (Dalati Nohra via AP)An Israeli army officer stands near a marker at a tourist area overlooking the Mediterranean Sea at the Israeli border with Lebanon in Rosh Hanikra, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Lebanon signed and delivered its copy of a U.S.-mediated sea border deal with Israel on Thursday to a U.S. mediator, hoping to soon start exploring gas in its southern maritime blocs to bring economic stability to the crisis-ridden country. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Aoun, right, receives from U.S. Envoy for Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein, the U.S.-brokered deal setting a maritime border between Lebanon and Israel, at the presidential palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Lebanon signed and delivered its copy of a U.S.-mediated sea border deal with Israel on Thursday to a U.S. mediator, hoping to soon start exploring gas in its southern maritime blocs to bring economic stability to the crisis-ridden country. (Dalati Nohra via AP)U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein waves to journalists upon his arrival at the presidential palace to meet with Lebanese President Michel Aoun in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein, right, arrives at the presidential palace to meet with Lebanese President Michel Aoun in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Aoun signs the U.S.-brokered deal setting a maritime border between Lebanon and Israel, at the presidential palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Lebanon signed and delivered its copy of a U.S.-mediated sea border deal with Israel on Thursday to a U.S. mediator, hoping to soon start exploring gas in its southern maritime blocs to bring economic stability to the crisis-ridden country. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Government via AP)Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, center front, is photographed with the Israeli negotiation team after the U.S.-brokered deal setting a maritime border between Israel and Lebanon, at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Lebanon signed and delivered its copy of a U.S.-mediated sea border deal with Israel on Thursday to a U.S. mediator, hoping to soon start exploring gas in its southern maritime blocs to bring economic stability to the crisis-ridden country. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid holds a special cabinet meeting to approve U.S.-brokered deal setting a maritime border between Israel and Lebanon, at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Lebanon signed and delivered its copy of a U.S.-mediated sea border deal with Israel on Thursday to a U.S. mediator, hoping to soon start exploring gas in its southern maritime blocs to bring economic stability to the crisis-ridden country. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid holds a special cabinet meeting to approve U.S.-brokered deal setting a maritime border between Israel and Lebanon, at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Lebanon signed and delivered its copy of a U.S.-mediated sea border deal with Israel on Thursday to a U.S. mediator, hoping to soon start exploring gas in its southern maritime blocs to bring economic stability to the crisis-ridden country. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)Italian U.N. peacekeepers stand next of Lebanese soldiers who sit on their armored personal carrier, on a road that leads to a U.N. post along the border known as Ras Naqoura where Lebanese and Israeli delegations are going to meet, in Naqoura, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Lebanon signed and delivered its copy of a U.S.-mediated sea border deal with Israel on Thursday to a U.S. mediator, hoping to soon start exploring gas in its southern maritime blocs to bring economic stability to the crisis-ridden country. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Aoun, right, receives from U.S. Envoy for Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein, the U.S.-brokered deal setting a maritime border between Lebanon and Israel, at the presidential palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Lebanon signed and delivered its copy of a U.S.-mediated sea border deal with Israel on Thursday to a U.S. mediator, hoping to soon start exploring gas in its southern maritime blocs to bring economic stability to the crisis-ridden country. (Dalati Nohra via AP)