Aoun, Berri, Miqati intensify coordination on gas row as Hizbullah names pointman

President Michel Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and caretaker PM Najib Miqati have intensified coordination over the past days over the latest sea border row with Israel, in order to “close the alarming gaps in the Lebanese stance” and to “agree on endorsing a unified rhetoric and a single Lebanese negotiations stance that would be informed to the U.S. mediator,” sources told An-Nahar newspaper.

“Those who know (U.S. mediator Amos) Hochstein know that he will immediately remind his Lebanese interlocutors of a proposal that he had offered to Beirut without receiving an answer,” the sources added.

Revealing that Aoun, Berri and Miqati are also coordinating with Hizbullah, the daily added that Hizbullah has named ex-MP Nawwaf al-Moussawi as a pointman for the sea border file and the demarcation process and for “coordinating the stances with the political forces.”

Moussawi’s designation comes after caretaker Labor Minister Mustafa Bayram announced that “a high-ranking Hizbullah official who is specialized in border demarcation along with a team are working 24/24 away from the spotlight and in a discreet manner in order to preserve national consensus over the file.”

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah will meanwhile make a televised address over the latest developments at 8:30pm Thursday.