Berri Heads to Iran and Armenia on Friday

Speaker Nabih Berri is scheduled to travel to Iran on Friday and later visit Armenia where he will discuss bilateral ties, media reports said.

On Thursday, Berri urged officials to launch efforts to drill for oil and gas in Lebanon’s Exclusive Economic Zone, including the 870-square-kilometer area that Israel says is part of its waters.

Lebanon warned the United Nations earlier this month that Israel's proposed sea border threatens peace and security.

It said the Israeli claim infringes on Lebanon's EEZ, a sea zone that gives a state the right to explore its maritime resources.

The Israeli cabinet in July approved a map and submitted it to the United Nations. The Israeli map conflicts with Lebanon's proposed borders, which give the Jewish state less territorial waters and was submitted to the U.N. last year.