Lebanon Asks UN to Help Prevent Conflict With Israel on Oil, Gas
By Nayla Razzouk -
2011-06-21T16:56:59Z
Lebanon asked the United Nations to adopt measures to prevent a conflict with Israel over oil and gas exploration that may fall within Lebanese territorial waters, Beirut’s Daily Star said.
Israel’s agreement with Cyprus to demarcate Israeli maritime borders last year “is a violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty and economic rights,” Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said in a letter sent today to UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon, the newspaper reported.
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