President Aoun receives Patriarch Abssi with delegation of Roman Catholic Melkite Bishops
29 حزيران 2020 15:03
President Michel Aoun announced on Monday that he is following up on the information transmitted yesterday, which stated that Israel decided to start gas and oil exploration in the disputed area with Lebanon, near Block 9, considering that this issue is “very dangerous and will further complicate the situation”. The President asserted that “Lebanon will not allow encroachment on its internationally recognized territorial waters, especially the exclusive economic zone in the South, where oil and gas blocs are located, especially Block 9, where exploration will start within months”.
President Aoun’s stances came after he received today at the Presidential Palace the Patriarch of Antioch and all the East for the Royal Melkite Catholics, Patriarch Youssef Abssi, heading an accompanying delegation of bishops, and in the presence of former minister, Salim Jreisatti.