Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Abdallah Bou Habib, welcomed on Wednesday the Adviser to the US State Department for Energy Security, the new US mediator for the indirect negotiation process on the demarcation of the southern Lebanese maritime border, Amos Hochstein, accompanied by US Ambassador Dorothy Shea.

A statement issued in the wake of the meeting indicated that "the issue of demarcating the maritime borders with occupied Palestine was discussed, and the atmosphere was positive. It was also agreed to maintain communication and strive to reach a positive result in this file, in what serves Lebanon's interest.