BEIRUT, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese President Michel Aoun emphasized on Monday the importance of demarcating his country's maritime borders in accordance with international laws and regulations.

Aoun's remarks came in a statement issued by the Lebanese presidency after the president's meeting with members of the Lebanese delegation engaged in indirect negotiations with Israel to demarcate maritime borders in a disputed area in the Mediterranean.

Aoun noted that Lebanon's "positive response" to the resumption of indirect negotiations, sponsored by the United States and hosted by the United Nations, reflects the country's desire to produce positive results.

Lebanon and Israel had embarked on negotiations over maritime borders demarcation in a disputed area of about 860 square km. The Lebanese government recently signed a document that will formally lay claim to an additional 1,430 square km on top of the Exclusive Economic Zone in disputed waters in the Mediterranean.

Indirect negotiations between Lebanon and Israel to demarcate the maritime borders kicked off on Oct. 14, 2020, but they were later suspended. Enditem

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