Report: Aoun Stirs Controversy by Bypassing Berri and Miqati in Sea Border Letter
President Michel Aoun has stirred controversy by avoiding to consult with Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Miqati regarding a letter that he sent to the U.N. about the sea border demarcation with Israel, media reports said.
The letter was delivered by Lebanese Ambassador to U.N. Amal Mudallali at the Presidency’s demand and following a request from Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib, Kuwait’s al-Anbaa newspaper reported.
The letter states that Lebanon will now negotiate over Line 29 instead of Line 23 while preserving its right to amend Decree 6433 should there be procrastination, the daily quoted official sources as saying.
Speaking to the newspaper, parliamentary sources said Aoun addressed the letter in a “unilateral” manner without consulting with Berri and Miqati, and that Bou Habib has cited Miqati’s “preoccupation with the draft state budget” as an “excuse.”
The parliamentary sources added that Aoun’s move might be aimed at appeasing Washington so that it lifts the sanctions imposed on Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil.
Informed sources meanwhile said that the visit of U.S. energy envoy Amon Hochstein to Lebanon is aimed at “splitting” the offshore oil and gas reserves between Lebanon and Israel instead of demarcating the maritime border.
08 February 2022, 17:24
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“بتبقى انت الحلم، والحلم ما بيشيخ"
الله يحميك
بي الكل
A fearless man - A real leader - A true statesman
08 February 2022, 17:31
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Allah yekhdo…. Or azrae’il yeklo as say the uneducated Dahye people.
09 February 2022, 16:10
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You and mystic the Wumao have the same mindset. It’s no wonder that evil people are called “uncles” in China.
09 February 2022, 10:56
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I agree 100% with you naturelover.
I have repeated this many many times.
It is always the same 5000 people that you see take the streets. The rest of the population seats comfortably in their living room, sipping their coffees, watching their empty Bank accounts.
In any other country in the world we would have had riots, revolutions! After August 4th, the collapse of the country, the paralysis, the black shirts, the collapse of health care, people still stay home in their PJ's!
It is pathetic indeed.
09 February 2022, 10:58
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And they will probably vote for the same thieves who will hand over a 100$ bill on the day of the elections, and they will take the bait. Again.
