Aoun, Miqati hold 'technical' talks, discuss sea border 'maps'

President Michel Aoun and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati on Saturday met in Baabda and discussed “the Lebanese stance over the issue of the demarcation of the southern border,” state-run National News Agency said.

The meeting comes on the eve of the arrival in Lebanon of U.S. energy mediator Amos Hochstein.

According to al-Jadeed TV, the Aoun-Miqati meeting was “technical par excellence.”

“There is no divergence in the stances of the Lebanese parties and until the moment no stance, ceiling or official paper will be issued regarding the negotiations pending what Hochstein will carry” to his Lebanese interlocutors, al-Jadeed added.

“The meeting between President Aoun and caretaker PM Miqati was dedicated to discussing the Lebanese stance over demarcation and coordinating a unified stance,” the TV network said.

“The meeting lasted for more than an hour and it involved discussing maps and files that were carried by Miqati in a black file to Baabda,” al-Jadeed added.