
US Envoy for Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein spoke with a negotiating team from Israel’s Energy Ministry over the weekend, discussing proposals he received from Lebanese leadership during a trip to Beirut earlier this month.
“The exchanges were productive and advanced the objective of narrowing differences between the two sides,” the State Department said in a statement Monday. “The United States will remain engaged with parties in the days and weeks ahead.”
The US has unsuccessfully sought to mediate between the sides for over a decade, with the last three administrations dispatching envoys to the region with the same task. The Israel-born Hochstein had the same role during the Obama administration.