Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 49

5-Dec-2011

MEES Agenda

Protracted Negotiations Expected Over Cyprus-Lebanon Maritime Delimitation

Delegations representing the energy interests of Lebanon and Cyprus met in Nicosia on 25 November for the sake of discussing a request put forward by Lebanon to amend a 2007 delimitation agreement signed by both sides, but not yet ratified by Beirut. Lebanon has requested that the median line be extended southward to a point identified as Point 23, but...