Bou Saab confirms Lebanon received coordinates of sea buoys

Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab confirmed overnight that Lebanon has “received from U.S. mediator Amor Hochstein the coordinates of the sea buoys” that Israel wants to delineate as part of the maritime border demarcation agreement.

“Any talk about land points or the B1 point has not happened and no one has asked Lebanon to give up any land point,” Bou Saab added in a TV interview.

“There is an area between the blocks and the shore that contains points (buoys) and there are discussions about a certain arrangement for them, and today we received the coordinates,” the Deputy Speaker said.

Voicing optimism, Bou Saab said “our reception of the coordinates confirms that we have received the first answer that we had requested within 48 hours from the departure of the U.S. mediator and this is something good.”

“We will receive the answers to the other questions next week ahead of a written response that will be studied by the president,” Bou Saab added.