A US-brokered 'historic' agreement on maritime boundaries has been reached between Israel and Lebanon.
According to the news agency AFP, after this agreement, the door will be opened for the possibility of obtaining offshore gas for the two neighboring countries.
US President Joe Biden has praised this 'historic' agreement.
Joe Biden said in a statement that "the parties took final steps to implement the agreement and submitted the final paperwork to the United Nations in the presence of the United States."
After threatening to attack Israel for months before the deal was signed, the anti-Israeli Lebanese group Hezbollah has said it will launch its 'unusual' move against Israel if it reaches foreign gas fields on the border. Will end the movement.
"Our mission is complete," Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised address.
It should be noted that this agreement has come at a time when Lebanon is trying to get out of the worst economic crisis and it has been declared by the World Bank as one of the worst economic crises in the world in modern history.
On the other hand, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lepid wants to make a big success before the November 1 general elections.
The letters of the two countries for this agreement were exchanged in the border city of Naqura in South Lebanon in the presence of the American mediator Amos Hochstein and the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jovana Ronica, who will now submit these documents to the UN headquarters in New York. will
US President Joe Biden has said that "the issue of energy, especially in the Eastern Mediterranean, should not be a cause of conflict, but should be a source of cooperation, stability, security and prosperity."
A few hours before the signing of the agreement, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lepid claimed that Lebanon's intention to sign the agreement was in fact tantamount to recognizing the Jewish state.
He said that it is not every day that an enemy state recognizes Israel in a written agreement before the entire international community.
On the other hand, Lebanese President Michel Aoun denied Yair Lepid's claim and said, "The demarcation of the southern sea border is a technical task that has no political implications."
According to AFP, the maritime border agreement could not have been signed without the consent of Lebanon's Hezbollah, a powerful Shiite group backed by Iran, Israel's longtime adversary.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said the deal "is not an international agreement and it does not recognize Israel." He has called it a 'great victory of Lebanon'.
